Police: Muncie couple locked 4 children in room covered in feces
Sep 10, 2026
MUNCIE, Ind. (WISH) — Police have arrested a Muncie couple and accused them of locking four children in a room covered in feces.
Kevin Herrman, 41, and Stormy Slough, 30, each face four counts of neglect of a dependent and three counts of criminal confinement.
Court documents say Delawar
e County deputies were called around 11:40 a.m. Tuesday to a home in the 4000 block of South Hoyt Avenue to help the Indiana Department of Child Services in a case involving four children. When deputies entered the home, they smelled a foul odor. Inside, they found feces smeared on the walls and floor of almost every room, with trash and soiled diapers throughout the home.
Deputies described the conditions as “deplorable.”
Court documents say deputies also found a belt on a door to keep it locked from the outside. They said the children were forced to sleep on the floor in a room without working lights and had to use plastic bags or the floor as a bathroom. All four children had open cuts, bug bites, scrapes, and sores.
Court documents say Herrman told police he kept the children locked in their rooms to keep them from “tearing up the house.”
The Delaware County Health Department assessed the home and declared it “unfit for human habitation.”
Online jail records show both Herrman and Slough are being held in the Delaware County jail without bond.
Court documents say a neighbor took in a small dog that was living in the home. The Department of Child Services took custody of the four children, and two were taken to a local hospital.
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