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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Julie Carr Smyth and John Seewer

Sixteen children found in ‘deplorable’ home were part of same family, Ohio officials say

Sixteen children from the same family who were rescued from a dilapidated home in rural Ohio were living in wretched conditions with human waste all around, confined to just one room over much of the past four years, authorities said Wednesday.

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.

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