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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Chelsie Napiza

Parents and Grandparents Arrested After Sixteen 'Feral' Children Found Living Like Animals In Collapsing Squalid Conditions

Illustrative file photo of a rural residential area. Authorities say 16 children were removed from a home in Hamden, Vinton County, Ohio, following a search warrant that allegedly uncovered severe neglect. Four adults face felony child endangerment charges. (Credit: Unsplash: Santhosh Vaithiyanathan)

Sixteen children were pulled from a squalid southern Ohio home where investigators say another day of neglect could have turned fatal.

Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson, Vinton County Sheriff Ryan Cain and Vinton County Prosecutor William Archer confirmed the rescue after agents executed court-authorised search warrants at a property on Ohmer Street in the tiny village of Hamden.

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