Authorities say they rescued 16 children from "deplorable conditions" this week in a small town in rural Ohio. The parents and two grandparents now face charges. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo
July 1 (UPI) -- Officials in Ohio said Wednesday that they found 16 children from 1 to 18 years old -- all from one family -- living in "deplorable conditions" in a home in rural Ohio. The parents and two grandparents now face charges in the case.
Authorities said that, for most of the past four years, the children were confined to one room in the small, rundown house, The Guardian reported. The home was full of human waste, and some of the children were unable to speak.
"Most of our livestock was kept in better conditions than the children," Ryan Cain, Vinton County sheriff, said at a press conference. "Just a disgusting scene."
The house was in the village of Hamden, southeast of Columbus. Police were carrying out a search warrant in an unrelated investigation when they found the children, WLWT-TV reported.
