Atlanta Boy Kept Captive

Brandon Gunn, 27, in court
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Brandon Gunn's thirteen-year-old brother, Jordan Gunn, moved from Atlanta to Seattle to live with him and his wife on May 1^st, 2013. He expected a home where he could sleep and not worry. Instead, he was shoved into a nightmare over three months without the hope of escape.

 Communication between the teenager and his mother ceased a short time after he moved in with Gunn, which raised concerns. His family contacted the police on several occasions in hopes of finding an answer as to why they had not heard from their thirteen-year-old relative. With no help from the police the silence from the young man stretched on.

The thirteen year old was tortured and held captive in his brother’s cellar over a three-month period. That was just the start of the young man's painful terrors that would leave him scarred emotionally and physically. These times were called "punishment sessions" and would last up to 2-3 weeks at a time.

Two weeks ago the victim escaped and was allegedly living on the streets barely scraping by. Jordan was living in a bus shelter on a Navy housing complex when he was found by two security officers. Upon seeing the injuries which littered his face, stomach, arms, legs and back they escorted him to the nearest hospital. In a recent CNN interview Gunn claims he only gave his younger brother a "whooping" a few times. Brandon and Viviana Gunn are in Kitsap County jail with a bail of $500,000 each and were arrested at seven in the morning on Tuesday. They were charged with kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment and four accounts of assault. The younger victim is now out of the hospital and has been placed with a foster family.

-Briana Griffin
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Viviana Gunn, 34, in court
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