Texas couple Bradley and Tammi Bleimeyer reportedly locked their bruised, malnourished 5-year-old son in a tiny, dirty stairway closet with nothing, but a mattress.

It wasn't until police received a disturbance call late last week at their Spring, Texas home, that the little boy was saved.

The boy's 16-year-old stepbrother told police that he had been locked in a closet.

The teen and his father Bradley Bleimeyer, 24, had gotten into an argument in the front yard and were engaged in a fist fight when police arrived.

Officers entered the house and discovered the closet under a stairway, with mattress inside and a lock attached to the door.

Tammi Bleimeyer, the boy's 33-year-old stepmother, had already fled the home with the child by the time authorities arrived.

The child's father and stepmother refused to divulge his whereabouts to police.

Officers tracked the woman down at a nearby motel on Friday after they spotted Bradley Bleimeyer leaving one of the rooms. They went inside, and found Tami Bleimeyer and the boy.

The child was taken to the hospital while both parents were arrested and charged with child endangerment.

"The boy, who was found wearing just a diaper, was severely under nourished, bone sticking out, bumps, bruises. His skin was coming off on his back," said officer Mark Herman.

Tammi Bleimeyer, who is pregnant and has five children, was released on a $2,000 bond. Bradley Bleimeyer was held without bond. The child remains hospitalized.

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