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(above is title of story... CNN is where the story came from)
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/27/us/pennsylvania-parents-charged-child-endangerment/index.html
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WARNING: ONE OF THE MOST INHUMANE AND INSENSTIVE STORY ABOUT PARENTS I'BE EVER READ
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Police in Pennsylvania arrested two parents after finding their seven children living in what authorities described as unsanitary and unsafe living conditions which included caged rats and feces on the homes floor.
Authorities responded to reports on April 23 of three children entering an abandoned trailer in West Rockhill Township, 40 miles north of Philadelphia, according to a police affidavit filed May 19.
When the police found the children, they spoke with the parents and returned them to their home next to the abandoned trailer.
There, the officers observed deplorable living conditions and a refrigerator secured with a padlock, according to authorities.
The mother, Crystal Robertson, told police she had to lock the refrigerator because the children were stealing everything and referred to the children as garbage disposals with legs, according to the affidavit.
niyad
(113,860 posts)Stuart G
(38,458 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,345 posts)Look like cousins to me.
niyad
(113,860 posts)Whiskeytide
(4,463 posts)BlueWaveNeverEnd
(8,146 posts)canetoad
(17,214 posts)And comment that they look closely related.
PlutosHeart
(1,298 posts)LoisB
(7,250 posts)colorado_ufo
(5,743 posts)Maybe grew up with abuse and bonded together. With the same last name, passed as husband and wife. Mentally messed up, could not relate to their own children - viewed them like more "pets."
Just guessing, no proof or knowledge. So glad the children were found, but it won't be an easy rehabilitation.
Maru Kitteh
(28,345 posts)Axelrods_Typewriter
(297 posts)Child abusers are amongst the lowest of the low.
Freddie
(9,279 posts)I live 10 minutes from them. Drugs are a huge problem that not many people talk about in this nice part of suburban Bucks County.
Haggard Celine
(16,867 posts)if they make abortion illegal all over the country. Just what we all need. More unwanted children.
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(8,146 posts)SharonClark
(10,014 posts)I would be surprised if this couple discussed abortion at any point in their relationship. I would also be surprised if they believe woman should have access to abortion.
They are simply not that evolved.
Haggard Celine
(16,867 posts)I'm sure there are lots of reasons why they did what they did. It's kind of hard to determine what their main malfunction is. But it could be that they are just broken and can't be fixed.
It's disturbing to me to think about all of those who never get caught. How many other prisoners do we have out there?
wnylib
(21,765 posts)I suspect that she barely knows how to look after herself, let alone 7 children. I would guess her IQ to be around 60 and her husband's around 60 to 70.
Stargazer99
(2,600 posts)Freddie
(9,279 posts)Unreal. This is an argument for compulsory public education; mandatory reporters would have caught this. Did the authorities have no idea these children existed? Were they home schooled? This isnt an isolated rural area, but a rundown trailer park in the middle of a generally middle class suburb and a good school district.
Earth-shine
(4,044 posts)canetoad
(17,214 posts)"The best contraceptive is an educated woman."
Stargazer99
(2,600 posts)reymega life
(675 posts)canetoad
(17,214 posts)Comes from a Law & Crime article. Interesting read.
https://lawandcrime.com/crime/mom-in-extreme-abuse-case-called-her-7-uneducated-kids-garbage-disposals-with-legs-and-surrounded-her-filthy-bed-with-animal-cages-affidavit/
...snip
Over the next week, it was learned that none of the seven children had any formal education, and all lacked basic knowledge. Some of the children did not know their own birthdates. Four of the children suffer from speech impediments, investigators said. All of the children struggle with reading, writing, and spelling. They all exhibited social anxiety and disclosed that they did not like being in public or around other people.
JV6 and JV7 were clinically underweight and JV6, the 6-year-old boy, had a dangerous abscess in his mouth and 13 visible cavities.
The only notable food located in the home was for the animals, investigators said.
ShazzieB
(16,636 posts)But I thank you for it, because it contained a lot of additional details.
One thing I noticed is that the 2 oldest kids are evidently 14 and 16. Let that sink in for a moment, and hen consider that the report says NONE of them had received any formal education. How horrifying! I mean, the whole thing is horrifying, but that detail really jumped out at me.
Stargazer99
(2,600 posts)notice how the Christian tfrom Jesus to fed, house etc...somehow seems like fundies didn't read that part
LoisB
(7,250 posts)kids? This was beyond being poor.
flvegan
(64,425 posts)Demobrat
(9,035 posts)Dont be so sure about that. Yes they know how to have sex, but put the act together with the baby bump?
If nobody ever told you you wouldnt know.
flvegan
(64,425 posts)not know, after the first couple kids, even with that highest level of ignorance, sex begets babies.
Even if nobody had told me, I'd have figured that out. Because I'm not an idiot.
roamer65
(36,748 posts)In addition to the prison time he will be doing.
Timewas
(2,200 posts)My wife and I have worked with Oregon DHS for years and have seen as bad or worse more than once. Six in one house that could barely walk because of so much garbage on the floors, refer that only freezer worked and they had never slept in any sort of bed.The sad part is the ones that are never caught.
malaise
(269,278 posts)Evil is everywhere