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Keith Holt and Candy Holt mug shots and body camera screenshot (Blackwater Police Dept.),

Keith Holt and Candy Holt mug shots and body camera screenshot (Blackwater Police Dept.),

A pastor in Oklahoma and his wife have been arrested for allegedly abusing and neglecting their eight children, beating them with a wooden board and locking them in small rooms for days while depriving them of food and water. Keith Holt and Candy Holt were taken into custody earlier this month and charged with multiple crimes, court records obtained by Law&Crime show.

Keith Holt is facing three counts of felony child abuse and one count of child neglect while his wife was charged with three counts of enabling child abuse and one count of child neglect.

Police said the couple’s eight children range in age from 2 to 17 years old.

According to a probable cause affidavit, child welfare workers contacted police regarding multiple referrals of the children being physically abused by the Holts, specifically, a 14-year-old female in the home referred to in the document as “T.S.” and a 14-year-old male referred to a “J.C.H.” Photos allegedly showed the female with severe bruising and a video allegedly showed J.C.H. saying his father had “punched him and thrown him down the stairs.”

Officers on Jan. 16 went to the home and spoke with T.S., who opened up about the alleged physical abuse.

“Once we were alone, T.S. began telling us that she was getting beaten by Keith and Candy (Holt), and she showed us her arms and legs, which were covered in bruises,” the affidavit states. “She said that Keith would hit her with a wooden board, and she retrieved a board from behind the TV in the living room. The board she retrieved is 3/4 inch thick, 2 1/4 inches wide, and 28 inches long.”

The Holts were subsequently arrested and all eight children were placed into the custody of the state.

During a forensic interview at the Dearing House Child Advocacy Center, T.S. provided additional details about the alleged abuse.

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