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Parents facing charges after 2 children found living in squalid Northeast Philadelphia home
6abc Philadelphia • • nation
Key Points:
- Federal authorities executed a search warrant at a Northeast Philadelphia home connected to terroristic threats against the White House, uncovering two children living in squalid conditions with feces, fleas, and no running water.
- The children, ages 5 years and 8 months, exhibited bug bites and bruises and were hospitalized for medical evaluation; their parents were taken into custody on child endangerment charges.
- The Philadelphia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PSPCA) found 38 cats and a dog inside the home, with ongoing efforts to rescue additional animals; no dead animals were present.
- Authorities removed several firearms, evidence boxes, and garbage from the property, which has since been boarded up and had utilities shut off by Philadelphia Gas Works.
- The children are now in the care of the Department of Human Services, and investigations by federal and local authorities are ongoing.
