an unknown period of time before police raided the location on friday aug 3 2018 none of the adults would give a statement about the whereabouts of the missing 3yearold taos county sheriffs office the taos county sheriffs office executed the search warrant after a twomonth investigation in conjunction with officials from georgia and the fbi on the whereabouts of wahhaj who was wanted for the abduction of his 3yearold son abdul ive never seen anything like this but they certainly warmed up to us the sheriff told abc news radio ive been a cop for 30 years deputies found no fresh water and only a few potatoes and a box of rice for food in the filthy trailer eight members of the taos county sheriffs office converged on the residence in amalia described by authorities as a makeshift compound surrounded by tires and an earthen berm that had no electricity or running water after securing a warrant to search the remote property for a missing 3yearold boy who was allegedly kidnapped from georgia by his father 39yearold siraj wahhaj instead deputies found five adults and 11 other children who looked like thirdworld country refugees living in squalor with little food and no clean water according to taos county sheriff jerry hogrefe wahhaj and another man identified as lucas morten were the two adults at the compound who appeared in charge wahhaj remained holed up inside a small rickety trailer that was partially buried in the ground and covered with white plastic tarps they were skinny their ribs showed they were in very poor hygiene and very scared wahhaj and morten both from georgia were arrested and charged with child abduction and harboring a fugitive respectively and these kids were hungry and they were very grateful that we were there deputies had to physically take wahhaj down to place him in custody the sheriff said the three women were also briefly detained for questioning but not criminally charged we gave them our water our snacks everything that we had taos county sheriffs office once both men were in custody deputies tried to comfort the children who hogrefe said had no shoes and were wearing rags for clothing its obvious to me that they were brainwashed and feel great intimidation from the men that were in control of this facility hogrefe said of the women and children more 13 captive siblings forced to shower once a year strangled subject to frequent beatings prosecutor