In an NBC10 exclusive interview, a brother of the alleged ringleader in the disabled captives case in Philadelphia said he and his siblings were abused at the hands of their sister when they were children.
That sister, 51-year old Linda Weston, is accused along with two other suspects of locking up four mentally challenged adults in a tiny Tacony basement allegedly to collect their social security benefits.
Weston's brother tells a shocking story of how he and his siblings were treated when they were children. He sat down for an exclusive interview with NBC10's Harry Hairston.
The brother, who wanted to keep his face and voice hidden, said, "She's this monster that you were to see her and not know her, you'd think she's a very nice person. But underneath it's like Satan in disguise."
The brother points to his mother's death when he was 7-years old and his sister Linda was 15 as the turning point for his sister. "It seemed like when my mom died, she just lost her mind. I mean just lost it," he said.
The family included 13 siblings and they lived on the 1500 block of Swain Street in Philadelphia, a place the brother called a "house of horrors."
The brother told NBC10's Harry Hairston that he remembers being beaten or tied up by Linda when he was a boy because he wanted to eat or go outside.
He said he and his brothers and sisters endured not just the beatings but incest. He said "I remember walking in one room and seeing her having sex with my older brother and yes, got hit for that."
The brother also said Linda Weston often ordered siblings to have sex with each other.
He told Hairston his sister should never be allowed to walk the streets again.
