Six children, including a baby, were discovered in a storage unit by police in Milwaukee on Tuesday.
A man, 33, and a woman, 26, have been taken into custody after police found the children locked in a storage unit at the StorSafe lot near 27th and Silver Spring, north of the city.
Officers responded to a report around 1.30 am on Tuesday of children being locked in the unit and found six kids, aged two months, two years, three years, five years, seven years, and nine years old, uninjured.
A Milwaukee Police Department spokesperson said: "This is an active and ongoing investigation. This is the information we are releasing at this time. No injuries were reported.
“Milwaukee Police are investigating a child abuse/neglect incident that occurred on Tuesday, September 16th, 2025, at approximately 1:36 a.m., on the 5500 block of N. 27th St. Officers responded to a report of children being locked in a storage unit.
“Upon entry into the storage unit officers located a 2 month old, a 2-year-old, a 3-year-old, a 5-year-old, a 7-year-old and a 9-year-old. A 26-year-old female and a 33-year-old male were taken into custody. Charges will be reviewed by the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office.”
Someone who lives close to the unit told TMJ4 that they noticed a family lurking around the facility in recent weeks. That person said that they saw the family leave in the morning and return to the area at night.
One woman, Tonya Lowe, told the television station how the discovery of the kids impacted her.
"It touched my heart. I had to come out. I could not believe it," she said. "We have failed these kids. We don’t need to be cruel and treat our kids like animals and lock them in places they don’t deserve to be put in."
Another woman said she saw the children riding bikes there a week ago.
"I’m surprised they weren’t caught sooner," she told the network. "I said, okay, what are the kids doing back there?"
StorSafe has the right to comment on the incident publicly.
