Sie sind zwischen einem Jahr und 18 Jahren alt und lebten unter erbärmlichen Bedingungen in einem Haus im US-Bundesstaat Ohio. Behörden holten die 16 Kinder dort nun heraus.

Some of the children discovered Tuesday were unable to speak and one — an 18-year-old who was developmentally disabled — could not even write her name, investigators said.

Sixteen children from the same family rescued from a dilapidated rural home in Ohio were living in wretched conditions with human waste all around, authorities say.