Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 06/18/2009
Michael Schumacher, 34, appears in a Stockton courtroom with his wife, Kelly Layne Lau, 30, on Dec. 4, 2008. Both are charged with kidnapping and torturing a 17-year-old boy authorities say was sometimes kept shackled inside their home. Defense lawyers plan to file a motion to dismiss indictments against four people accused of ritualistically torturing a Tracy teenager for more than...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 06/18/2009
Michael Luther Schumacher and Kelly Layne Lau appear in a Stockton courtroom on Dec. 4, shortly after Kyle Doe escaped from their Tracy home. The pair and two other people are charged or about to be charged in the teen's abuse. By the time he arrived at Sutter Memorial Hospital in Sacramento in early December, Kyle Doe was a shell of a teenage boy. He was pale and malnourished, with...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 06/13/2009
The Tracy home where police believe Kelly Layne Lau and Michael Schumacher held a 17-year-old boy captive. STOCKTON -- A teenage boy who allegedly was held captive in a Tracy home endured frequent beatings, sometimes in front of the other young children in the house, that worsened over the year he spent there, according to grand jury testimony made public Friday. The 970-page transcript...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 06/13/2009
... body, according to a doctor who testified before the grand jury.Homeowners Michael Schumacher and Kelly Layne Lau; the teen's one-time guardian, Caren Ramirez; and neighbor Anthony Waiters have pleaded not guilty to multiple charges, including torture, aggravated mayhem, torture and false imprisonment.A gag order is in place, preventing both sides from discussing the case.The boy...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 06/13/2009
The boy's testimony was made public Friday as part of 970 pages of transcripts from a grand jury hearing in March.The boy was 16 when he escaped the house in December and stumbled into a nearby fitness center, nearly naked, emaciated and wearing a shackle on his ankle.Homeowners Michael Schumacher and Kelly Layne Lau, the teen's one-time guardian Caren Ramirez and neighbor Anthony Waiters...
