WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (KABC) -- Two parents are in custody for the alleged abuse of their 5-year-old child in West Hollywood.

A neighbor reportedly called 911 after she came to them asking for food.

At the center of an arraignment in an L.A. County courthouse on Tuesday was a child abuse investigation that began in West Hollywood last week. According to prosecutors, a 5-year-old child knocked on a neighbor's door, who then called police.

"Knocked on the door, had lacerations on her and scabbing all on her neck, and asked for food," a prosecutor said in court.

The child's parents are accused of child abuse. Prosecutors say police searched the home and, through their investigation, believe the 5-year-old would be locked in a room to sleep on a wooden bed spring as discipline.

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