Hearing continues for Cape couple accused of child abuse

CAPE CORAL, Fla. The hearing for the couple accused of abusing their adopted and foster children continued Tuesday.

Cape Coral residents Daniel Wayne Spurgeon, 48, and Janise Rae Spurgeon, 53, are facing multiple aggravated child abuse charges.

Cape Coral police officers testified Tuesday the foster children living in the home received separate meals from the Spurgeons’ biological children.

“They kept saying the biological kids keep their food locked up,” Cape Coral police officer Nicole Sasso said.

Daniel Wayne Spurgeon also faces charges of sexual assault for allegedly molesting some of the girls in the home. The judge granted the state’s motion to collect his DNA to compare with DNA found on one of the girls.

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