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SANFORD, Fla. -- An abusive father was thrown in jail after his children reported him to Sanford police, authorities said.

A 13-year-old girl had been sexually abused by her father for the past six years, and she and her 14-year-old brother were both the victims of physical abuse, authorities said.

"These kids were living in complete horror for years and years," Seminole County Lt. Dennis Lemma said. "They had shotguns held to their head. The girl was a victim of sexual abuse."

The two teenagers escaped and ran to the Seminole County Sheriff's office, where they recounted the abuses of their father.

"Torture involving weapons," Lemma said, recounting some of the allegations. "We have physical abuse. [The kids are] alleging he had used a PVC pipe to batter at least two of his kids. He used an electronic stun gun to shock the kids as they were tied to their bed."

The father is still in jail without bond. He has been charged with 350 counts of sexual abuse of his daughter, dating back to when she was 7. Investigators said the number of counts could double before the investigation concludes.

The children's mother was also arrested, having been accused of neglect for failing to report any of the things the kids say happened to them.

SANFORD - A Sanford mother of two was stabbed to death Sunday in what police called "a senseless, random act of violence" by a stranger who said he was "angry."

Charlene Amrhein, described by neighbors as a "supermom" to her children, spent much of her time visiting with neighborhood kids in the breezeway outside her front door, friends said.

It was there that Amrhein, 46, met her demise early Sunday, police say, when Solim Kolassiba took out his rage by stabbing her to death.

Neighbor Melissa Col?n said she awoke about 7:50 a.m. to screams of "Help me! Help me!" She went outside and saw Amrhein, who had stepped out for a morning smoke, lying on the concrete in a puddle of blood.

Another neighbor called 911, and Col?n ran and fetched some towels and tried to stop the bleeding. Amrhein was gasping for air and couldn't speak, she said.

Col?n saw stab wounds to Amrhein's arm and belly and below her breast, and her shirt had holes in it. Police said the weapon was a large kitchen knife that was recovered near the Charleston Club apartments where Amrhein lived.

Amrhein was pronounced dead at Central Florida Regional Hospital in Sanford shortly after the attack.

Police arrested Kolassiba, 20, who lives about two miles from the apartments with his parents, Sanford police spokeswoman Cleo Cohen said. Residents saw Kolassiba running toward Lake Mary Boulevard near Amrhein's complex with blood on his clothes,Cohen said, and investigators stopped and questioned him.

Kolassiba confessed to stabbing Amrhein, whom he said he did not know, and told investigators he was "mad and angry," Cohen said. She said she did not know why he was angry or at whom. Kolassiba apparently walked from his home to Amrhein's, police said.