Jeebus

This story is just getting too weird.

Tracy neighborhood shocked by kidnapping, torture allegations

TRACY — The teenage boy stumbled into the sprawling fitness club wearing only boxer shorts and a heavy chain padlocked to his ankle. Covered in dried blood, bruises, burns, feces and urine, he begged the club's assistant manager to hide him, then curled into a fetal position under the front counter and kept saying, over and over, "They're going to come find me."

And weirder still.

Third suspect in Tracy torture case arrested in Berkeley

A Sacramento woman is being held in a San Joaquin County jail today, in connection with the torture and kidnapping of a teen reportedly held captive in Tracy for nearly a year.

Meanwhile, the 17-year-old boy, who is still a ward of the state, has been turned over to the Sacramento County Child Protective Services Department. He's been discharged from Sutter Tracy Community Hospital and is expected to be transferred to another medical facility, possibly in Sacramento County, officials said.

Jeebus. Just look at these freaky-looking creeps and at the failure inherent in the system:

Caren Ramirez, 43, pleaded no contest in Sacramento last year to abusing her nephew, but authorities say the teenager somehow wound up living with her again - this time, in a Tracy home owned by Michael Luther Schumacher, 34, and his wife, Kelly Layne Lau, 30. The couple were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of kidnapping, torture and other felonies.

Words fail.