The children are part of the same family, officials said. The four people charged appeared in court Wednesday where a judge entered not guilty pleas on their behalf.

Authorities have arrested four adults on felony child endangerment charges after discovering 16 children in need of medical treatment in a rural Ohio home.

Authorities have arrested four adults on felony child endangerment charges after discovering 16 children in need of medical treatment in a rural Ohio home

Authorities arrested four adults on felony child endangerment charges after discovering 16 children in dire need of medical treatment Tuesday in a rural southern Ohio home.

Authorities have arrested four adults on felony child endangerment charges after discovering 16 children in need of medical treatment in a rural Ohio home

Authorities arrested four adults on felony child endangerment charges after discovering 16 children in dire need of medical treatment Tuesday in a rural southern Ohio home.

Four adults have been arrested after 16 children were found living in "deplorable" conditions at a house described as "pure evil" in Ohio

Officials say 16 children, ranging in age from 1 to 18, were rescued from \

Officials say children living in “deplorable” conditions inside an Ohio home were part of the same family. The officials provided an update on the case Wednesday.

Vinton County Prosecutor William Archer said this is not a case of human trafficking, but an "intra-family situation."

McARTHUR, Ohio (AP) — The 16 children found living in “deplorable” conditions inside an Ohio home are part of the same family, officials said Wednesday.

“Most of our livestock was kept in better conditions than the children,” the sheriff said.

Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson said the conditions inside the house were ‘almost beyond comprehension’

Parents and grandparents charged as police say case in Hamden not human trafficking but ‘intra-family situation’

Authorities described the four adults as 'pure evil,' adding that some of the children could not even speak and were airlifted to trauma centers due to the extent of their…

Officials said Wednesday that they found 16 children from 1 1/2 to 18 years old living in "deplorable conditions" in a home in rural Ohio.

The children are part of the same family, officials said. The four people charged appeared in court Wednesday where a judge entered not guilty pleas on their behalf.

Sixteen children aged between 18 months and 18 years were rescued from a rural home in Hamden, Ohio, after authorities uncovered what they described as horrific living conditions…

Authorities say the children, ages 18 months to 18 years, were kept for years in a 13-square-meter room surrounded by human feces and severe filth; their parents and grandparents…

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