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Police rescue 'feral' children from squalor inside dilapidated US home
Key takeaways
- Police in the US state of Ohio have announced they located 16 children living in conditions of squalor in this dilapidated rural home.
- US police have rescued 16 children from living in conditions of squalor in a dilapidated home, where they spent most of their time in a room approximately 3.5 square metres in size.
- Some of the children were unable to speak and an 18-year-old, who was developmentally disabled, was unable to write her name, investigators said.
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Police in the US state of Ohio have announced they located 16 children living in conditions of squalor in this dilapidated rural home. (AP: Carolyn Kaster)
US police have rescued 16 children from living in conditions of squalor in a dilapidated home, where they spent most of their time in a room approximately 3.5 square metres in size.
Some of the children were unable to speak and an 18-year-old, who was developmentally disabled, was unable to write her name, investigators said.
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