16 children rescued from Ohio home were ‘almost feral’ | ABC NEWS

Sixteen children from the same family rescued from a dilapidated rural home in the United States were living in wretched conditions with human waste all around and confined to one room over much of the past four years, authorities say.

Some of the children discovered in the tiny village of Hamden, one of Ohio's poorest counties, on Tuesday, local time, were unable to speak and an 18-year-old — who was developmentally disabled — was unable to write her name, investigators said.

The children's parents and two grandparents face charges of felony child endangerment.

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