Ohio county pleads for help caring for 16 siblings rescued from house of horrors
- The Ohio county where 16 siblings were rescued from squalid conditions is struggling to care for the children and prosecute their parents and two grandparents.
- The state has labeled the situation “an unprecedented child welfare crisis” as the tiny rural county’s resources grow increasingly strained.
- The local prosecutor said the cost of medical care required for one of the defendants alone would have bankrupted Vinton County.
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- The Ohio county where 16 siblings were rescued from squalid conditions is struggling to care for the children and prosecute their parents and two grandparents.
- The state has labeled the situation “an unprecedented child welfare crisis” as the tiny rural county’s resources grow increasingly strained.
- The local prosecutor said the cost of medical care required for one of the defendants alone would have bankrupted Vinton County.
Sources: The Independent