Vinton County Sheriff Ryan Cain

Ohio approved $1 million in emergency funds for 16 children from Vinton County found in severe neglect conditions in a 12x12-foot room. The children, aged 18 months to 18 years, were discovered during a law enforcement search warrant and require therapeutic foster care due to their traumatic circumstances.

Sixteen children from the same family were rescued from a dilapidated home in rural Ohio where they lived in wretched conditions with human waste and were confined to a single room for much of the past four years. Four adults, including the parents and grandparents, were charged with felony child endangerment after authorities discovered the children during an unrelated investigation.

Sixteen children from the same family were found in a dilapidated Ohio home with severe neglect, including human waste and confinement to a small room. Four adults face felony child endangerment charges after authorities discovered the children during an unrelated investigation in Hamden, a rural village in one of Ohio's poorest counties.