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# Couple Spent 2 Days Trapped in a Closet That Wasn't Actually Locked

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## Sarah Begley


Jan 2, 2015 7:54 PM UTC

by 

[Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/)


## Sarah Begley


Jan 2, 2015 7:54 PM UTC

We all struggle with locks sometimes, but usually the struggle ends before 48 hours have passed. A Florida couple [called 911 on Tuesday](http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-couple-closet-daytona-state-college-20141231-story.html) saying they’d been chased into a closet on the campus of Daytona State College and had been locked in for two days. But when the police arrived on the scene, the door was not locked.

Police discovered human feces in the closet, as well as copper scouring pads that the Orlando _Sentinel_ reports are sometimes used as crack-smoking paraphernalia. No drugs were found.

John Arwood, 31, and Amber Campbell, 25, were charged with trespassing. It is not the first brush with law enforcement for either person.

A police officer tested the door by entering the closet and closing it behind him. It did not lock.

\[[_Orlando Sentinel_](http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-couple-closet-daytona-state-college-20141231-story.html)\]

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