Man Shares Haunting Conversation With Boy, 6, Tied Up and Locked in a Shed, Calls CPS

Man Shares Haunting Conversation With Boy, 6, Tied Up and Locked in a Shed, Calls CPS
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A starving 6-year-old boy was found tied up in a padlocked shed by his neighbor in Dallas. After the little boy’s safe retrieval, his neighbor shared shocking snippets of their conversation with news media.

Juan Vaquero, 54, was renting a camper from the little boy’s grandmother, Esmeralda Lira, 53, and her boyfriend, Jose Balderas, 64. On May 10, 2020, Vaquero heard a voice around 10 p.m. and went into the yard to investigate. What he found, reports CBS DFW, prompted him to call Child Protective Services (CPS).