A Seattle-area couple is in custody for allegedly holding captive and torturing the man 's 13-year-old brother for three months -- including driving a nail through the boy 's hand and keeping him in a cellar for days without food , the prosecutor said Wednesday . Brandon Gunn , 27 , and his wife Viviana , 34 , are in the Kitsap County Jail outside Seattle on $ 500,000 bail each , charged with kidnapping , unlawful imprisonment and four counts of assault , county prosecutor Cami Lewis said . Brandon 's brother is from Atlanta and went in May to stay with his brother for the summer , Kitsap County Deputy Sheriff Scott Wilson said . `` We 've been crying for days , '' the teen 's aunt , Marsha Thomas-Jones , told CNN Atlanta affiliate WSB . `` My sister is devastated . '' The alleged torture began as early as May 1 and lasted until the teenager escaped from his brother 's cellar two weeks ago , according to the prosecutor 's complaint , filed Tuesday . Thomas-Jones said the family suspected something was wrong months ago when communication ceased , and it tried unsuccessfully to get law enforcement involved early , WSB reported . The attorney for Brandon Gunn , Michele Taylor , was given the case only Wednesday and has not received any discovery documents , said her paralegal , Samantha Badkin . She said they do n't expect to speak to their client until at least next Tuesday . A voicemail message for Viviana Gunn 's attorney , Jeniece Lacross , was not returned late Wednesday . According to the probable cause certificate filed Monday by the Kitsap County Sheriff 's Office , the boy was sent to the Gunns ' garage where he was duct-taped to a chair with tape over his eyes and mouth , then beaten in the head , torso and legs with a baseball bat and metal bars , losing consciousness at times . Another time , the couple put the boy 's hand in a bench vise , tightened it , and drove a nail through the his hand with a hammer , the certificate says . The boy said that time , he could see them doing it . The Gunns duct-taped his hands and hung him from a rafter in the garage , then beat him ; they also stapled his right palm with a construction stapler , heated a knife and cut him with it , according to the certificate . The couple forced the boy to stay naked in a portable dog kennel twice for two to three days at a time , with no food or water , the certificate says . He also was forced to stay in the dark cellar for four days , and when he escaped to get food , he was punished by being beaten with a baseball bat , it says . The boy said the couple called the abuse `` punishment sessions '' for not doing chores or breaking household rules , and that the `` sessions '' would last for two to three hours , according to Deputy Sheriff Wilson . When the boy escaped , he had been duct-taped but managed to escape by moving his hands in front of him , peeling the tape off his mouth , then chewing through the tape binding his hands , Wilson said . He forced open the cellar door and then lived on the streets for two weeks , stealing food when he could , Wilson said . He was sleeping in a bus shelter on a Navy housing complex last Friday night when two Navy security officers found the boy and saw his injuries , Wilson said . They immediately sent the boy to a hospital where detectives interviewed him . They saw injuries to the boy 's head , face , chest , abdomen , back , arms , legs , hands and feet , ranging from fresh open wounds to wounds that were in the process of healing , the certificate of probable cause says . The doctor also found a broken piece of metal in the boy 's hand , possibly from the nail . `` In the first six hours they were able to develop enough probable cause for the arrest of the brother and the brother 's wife , '' Wilson said . `` they were arrested at 7 a.m. ( Saturday ) at their house . '' When detectives interviewed Brandon Gunn , he denied abusing the boy , saying only that he gave him a `` whooping '' with a belt on his backside a few times . Detectives searched the home and found blood stains on the wall , door , bench vise , baseball bat and chair , the certificate of probable cause says . They also found the dog kennel and staple gun , and a strong smell of urine in a corner of the cellar where the boy said he was forced to urinate , it says . The boy is out of the hospital and living with a foster family , Wilson said . The Gunns ' next court appearance is scheduled for September 10 in Kitsap County District Court , said Lewis , the prosecutor . People held captive in Philadelphia .
The boy 's brother and the brother 's wife allegedly abused the boy . They are charged with kidnapping , unlawful imprisonment and assault . The boy is from Atlanta and was staying with them for the summer . Comment: