it took years for reports to rise to the level of criminal allegations.

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Laura Wolovitch, a neighbor of the family’s, told the Star Tribune she called police and child protection services numerous times over the years to report the family. She said she rarely saw the twins going to school, and always saw them carrying out trash or doing yard work.

On one cold winter day a couple years ago, she told the Star Tribune, she saw one of the twins outside in the backyard wearing only a T-shirt. For some reason, the girl wouldn’t move.

“It was like she was being punished,” Wolovitch said.