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16 kids rescued from dilapidated Ohio home
AP News • • general
Key Points:
- Sixteen children from the same family were found living in deplorable conditions in a single room of a dilapidated Ohio home, surrounded by human waste and confined for much of the past four years.
- Some children were unable to speak, and an 18-year-old with developmental disabilities could not write her name, prompting authorities to describe the scene as worse than conditions for livestock.
- The children, aged 1 1/2 to 18, were not enrolled in school and appeared to have been hidden from the outside world, with no known prior reports to child services.
- Four adults, including the children’s parents and grandparents, were charged with felony child endangerment and entered not guilty pleas; the children are now in the custody of Ohio’s Department of Jobs and Family Services.
- The case drew comparisons to previous severe child abuse incidents in the U.S., highlighting the severity of neglect and isolation these children endured in a small, rural Ohio community.
