4-year-old girl is tied up in the torture chamber of a haunted house, blindfolded and fitted with an electric shock collar – while man and woman defend themselves in disgusting ways

A four-year-old girl was tied up, beaten and shocked with a dog collar. Her father and another woman ended up in a gruesome ordeal that forced them to serve prison sentences.

The girl's father, Javon Markquez Ingram, 31, and Larissa Duncan, 47, were sentenced this week to 15 and 10 years in prison, respectively, for torturing the young girl – whose name was not disclosed – in their Portland, Oregon, home.

The sadistic abuse was discovered in late 2022 when Ingram took his daughter to the hospital after suffering seizures. Doctors found over 30 injuries on her body and called the police.

Ingram initially told police she had inflicted the wounds on herself, but shocking evidence was then found on his phone and in his home, including footage of torture and a wooden board with cable ties attached.

After the two were sentenced this week, an attorney for the girl filed a $15 million lawsuit against the Oregon Department of Human Services, alleging the agency failed to investigate multiple reports of years-long treatment.

In this Portland, Oregon, home, a young girl was tortured and abused for years, prosecutors say. Her father and another woman were arrested this week.

According to a police affidavit, Ingram gained custody of the girl in January 2019 when she was 2 years old due to her mother's methamphetamine addiction.

Duncan lived with Ingram and, according to Oregon Live, he considered her his mother, even though they are not related.

When Ingram took his daughter to Randall Children's Hospital for treatment for seizures in late 2022, medical staff immediately called police to the hospital.

“Detectives entered the hospital room and were immediately horrified when they saw her,” a Multnomah County assistant district attorney wrote in a memo.

The memo states that the young girl told officers that she was often restrained with zip ties, chains, blindfolds, gags and duct tape, and described being beaten with a belt.

According to court documents, the girl said she would be tied up with “zip ties and duct tape from the dollar store” and given an electric dog collar that would shock her. She would then be left in a bathroom or shed and restrained in a high chair.

It also turned out that she had never attended school, was only fed from a blender, and had not learned to go to the toilet.

Police said the young girl was bound with duct tape and zip ties, fitted with an electric dog collar and fed only food from a blender. A burned-out car can be seen in the picture on the property.

In the days following the hospital visit, a search warrant was obtained and executed for Ingram's home, uncovering further evidence of the abuse.

When questioned by police, Ingram initially attempted to claim that she had inflicted her injuries on herself, but medical examinations concluded that this was “not plausible.”

Pediatrician Heather McKeag, who specializes in child abuse, officially diagnosed the girl's injuries as “torture,” and Ingram was arrested in November 2022.

Detectives found footage of the torture on his phone, and Ingram eventually confessed to the gruesome ordeal.

According to his arrest affidavit, Ingram told investigators, “I did some horrible things in those pictures… I know what I did was (expletive) wrong.”

He then asked the police: “So why am I accused of torture?”

Ingram was charged with 24 counts of first-degree abuse, three counts of first-degree assault and nine counts of third-degree assault. He later pleaded guilty to the charges.

Duncan was also arrested after the abuse was uncovered. Her lawyer William Walsh argued at the verdict that she had played a “rather passive” role.

Walsh claimed that alcohol and drug abuse played a role in her behavior.

Ingram admitted to police that “I know what I did was (swear word) wrong” after being confronted with evidence of the shocking abuse of his phone

The sadistic abuse was discovered in late 2022 when Ingram took his daughter to the hospital after suffering seizures. At that point, doctors found over 30 injuries on her body and called the police.

The memo states that the young girl told officers that she was often restrained with zip ties, chains, blindfolds, gags and duct tape, and that she was beaten with a belt.

The girl was placed in the care of her grandmother and has since been represented by an attorney who has filed a $15 million lawsuit alleging that authorities missed opportunities to put an end to this horror scenario.

Attorney Paul Galm claimed that social workers at the Department of Social Services had received reports that the young girl was experiencing developmental delays, had strangulation marks on her wrists, was being subjected to drug abuse, was being denied food and was having to go to the bathroom frequently.

“These reports were ignored and never investigated by DHS,” Galm’s lawsuit said.

In response to The Oregonian, a DHS spokesperson said the state operates a 24-hour hotline for reports of child abuse, but only those who meet legal criteria for investigation are assigned to a social worker.

It is unclear whether the young girl's case has been assigned to a social worker, and it remains unclear why such reports of her ordeal do not meet “legal criteria.”