A boy reported missing for 11 days before he was found las June in his Detroit basement testified Wednesday that his stepmother ordered him down there and told him to "shut up and be quiet."

A 12-year-old Detroit boy found in his basement after a widely publicized 11-day search was abused by his father and stepmother, according to Michigan's child-welfare agency.

In a bizarre twist to the search for a missing 12-year-old Detroit boy, the boy’s father was told during a live television interview his son had been found alive in his basement.