SAGINAW, MI — Last autumn, police found a mother of three unresponsive in a Carrollton Township house, having allegedly been confined to a bed for days by her boyfriend. Her injuries were so severe they eventually proved fatal months later.

Jonathan M. Zieroff, the deceased woman’s boyfriend, has been jailed on a torture charge since the day after police made their grim discovery. Shackled and wearing a jail jumpsuit, Zieroff entered the courtroom of Saginaw County District Judge Terry L. Clark for a preliminary examination on Wednesday, Oct. 1.

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