NEW: West Virginia couple accused of tormenting three orphans about the deaths of their biological parents, accused of beating and starving them. Erica Sayre and her husband, Clifford Gale Sayre, are accused of torturing three children for multiple years. According to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, the Sayres strangled the children, deprived them of food and water, and put animal feces on their belongings, including beds. The children were told they would be killed if they reported what was going on. Clifford Sayre reportedly stood by and watched as his wife would beat the kids with household objects, causing "excessive bleeding injuries." When the kids didn't do what she demanded, she forced them to run barefoot on the gravel driveway. Erica Sayre was also accused of "forcibly" cutting one of the children's "hair with a razor blade, resulting in injury." According to Sheriff Ross H. Mellinger, the kids were covered in scars. "The outlined findings of the investigation are deeply troubling and underscore the importance of reporting suspected child abuse, as the children were all living in a real-life ‘House of Horrors’ ...," he said. "I can't go back to that home," one of the children told investigators. "Mom hits us and Gale lets her," said one child. The couple is facing multiple child neglect charges. Horrific.