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2 children found living with dead animals in squalid Northeast Philadelphia home
6abc Philadelphia • • nation
Key Points:
- Federal authorities executed a search warrant at a Northeast Philadelphia home linked to terroristic threats against the White House, discovering two children living in squalid conditions alongside dead animals.
- The children, ages 5 years and 8 months, were found with bug bites and bruises in a home filled with feces, fleas, piles of trash, no running water, and about 40 cats, including multiple dead cats and at least one dead dog.
- The mother and father were taken into custody and face child endangerment charges, while the children were taken to a hospital for medical evaluation and are now with the Department of Human Services.
- Authorities removed several firearms, boxes of evidence, and bags of garbage from the home, which has since been boarded up, and utility services were shut off by Philadelphia Gas Works.
- Neighbors reported a strong, unpleasant odor from the home and expressed shock and hope that the parents will face appropriate consequences; investigations by federal and local authorities are ongoing.
