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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Paul Farrell

Grandfather escapes trial after 16 ‘feral’ children rescued from Ohio house of horrors

An Ohio grandfather accused of keeping 16 of his grandchildren trapped in a filth-ridden 'house of horrors' has been declared mentally unfit to face trial over the horrific neglect.

A judge in Vinton County accepted the findings of an official evaluation for 73-year-old Gary Siders Sr. on Wednesday. Prosecutor William Archer raised no objections to the report. Siders appeared in court in a wheelchair, while his attorney, Dorian Baum, revealed his client's declining mental state has been worsening for years and is 'not restorable.'

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