I can't stand seeing this. As someone who has fostered and even had a child from a situation similar for a few days, some parents should be sat in a chair, have their fingernails and toenails pulled out. My God.
🚨 16 children rescued from “horrific” conditions after being confined to one small room for years in Ohio.
The children, ages 1.5 to 18, were found living in extreme squalor inside a home in Hamden, Vinton County. Officials described them as appearing “almost like feral animals.” Some couldn’t speak, and the 18-year-old reportedly couldn’t even spell her name. The conditions were so bad the children were “literally about to fall through the floor.”
Four family members the parents and grandparents were arrested after a search warrant by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation.
They face 17 felony counts of child endangering. Several children were hospitalized in serious condition.
Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson said he had never seen anything like it. This case shows how long-term, multi-generational abuse inside a family can go undetected for years. What systems need to improve so these situations are caught much sooner?
Sources: Ohio Attorney General’s Office, Vinton County Sheriff’s Office, and BCI.
