Sixteen Children Rescued from One-Room Ohio Home After Years of Neglect
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Authorities in Vinton County, Ohio rescued 16 siblings from a dilapidated rural home where they had been confined to a roughly 12-by-12-foot room in deplorable conditions for about four years; the parents and two grandparents were charged with 16 counts of second-degree felony child endangerment. Several children required hospital treatment, and investigators say the family avoided medical and government records and kept the children out of sight. The case is being treated as an intra-family situation, not trafficking.
- Ohio authorities rescue 16 children confined to one room for four years The Guardian
- 'We're extremely angry': Hamden residents react as Vinton County investigation continues 10TV
- Dollar General employee describes encounters with family accused of endangering 16 kids WSYX
- Scene of the house where 16 children were rescued, four adults arrested The Columbus Dispatch
- Adults Arrested After 16 Children Are Found in Squalor in Rural Ohio The New York Times
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