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A woman from Michigan faces serious charges after allegedly confining her disabled sister-in-law in a basement for two years, during which the victim was nearly starved and subjected to incessant blaring of a radio.
Tasha Beamon, aged 48, has been charged with both unlawful imprisonment and abuse of a vulnerable adult.
On March 15, the victim managed to break free from her confines, shattering a neighbor’s window in a desperate attempt to alert authorities and escape, as reported by MLive.
After the neighbor contacted emergency services, the victim recounted to police how Beamon, her late brother’s spouse, had been imprisoning her in the basement of a Saginaw residence for two years until she finally seized an opportunity to escape.
Tasha Beamon, 48, now faces charges related to vulnerable adult abuse and unlawful imprisonment, as confirmed by the Saginaw County Sheriff’s Office.
“She told officers she was not fed very often and that she didn’t have any access to water,” Saginaw Police Detective Sgt. Jeff Doud told the outlet.
The victim said Beamon had kept her on an old mattress since March 2024 with a nearby radio constantly blaring.
Police went to Beamon’s house and observed a lock on the basement door, a mattress on the floor and a radio playing loudly. Police also said there was a 5-gallon bucket of urine in the basement.
“Usually, somebody was there. She didn’t believe anyone was home at the time, so she was able to force a door open and escape,” Doud said.
Police went to the house and observed a lock on the basement door, a mattress on the floor and a radio playing loudly. (Google Maps)
Emergency responders transported the woman to a hospital, where she was treated for severe malnourishment. Hospital staff told police the woman would likely die if she were discharged.
The neighbor told ABC 12 that he was shocked to find the victim suddenly in his living room with a metal pipe “almost as big as she is.”
“I don’t even know how she had the power to even break the window,” the man said. “I thought she was like 78. She was tall, skin and bones.”
“She asks me to call the cops at first, which was weird. But that was the first thing she said to me: Call the cops,” he added.
Police said there was a 5-gallon bucket of urine in the basement. (Saginaw Police)
Beamon later admitted to police that she kept the woman in her house without allowing her to leave. She also made 40 calls to the hospital where  her sister-in-law was staying.
Investigators suspect that Beamon was keeping the woman captive to collect her disability payments, Doud said.
Beamon was arrested on April 2 and booked into the Saginaw County Jail on $100,000 bond, the amount ordered after prosecutors described her as a danger to the public.
She will appear for a preliminary examination on April 20.Â
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