"Missouri Authorities Investigate 70-Year-Old Woman for Alleged Exotic Animal Trafficking And Trying To Trade Child For Monkey Amidst Fostering Over 200 Children"

A Missouri foster mother, 70-year-old Brenda Ruth Deutsch, is charged with abusing a teenage girl and allegedly trying to exchange her for a monkey. Investigators uncovered disturbing evidence of ongoing abuse and neglect. The girl is now safe in Texas, while Deutsch is held on a $250,000 bond.