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Ohio Couple, Relatives Charged After 16 Children Found in Squalid Conditions

Ohio Couple, Relatives Charged After 16 Children Found in Squalid Conditions

Four adults were charged with second-degree felony child endangering after authorities found 16 children living in a confined, filthy space in Hamden, Ohio. Court records also note the mother had married at age 15; the case spans multiple family members across two generations.

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Mom in Ohio House of Horrors Case Involving 'Feral' Kids Was 15 When She Married Husband, as Both Now Face Charges