CINCINNATI (AP) — Three Ohio children who police say were
tied to their beds for long periods of time, beaten and deprived of
food are now relishing the seemingly mundane — going to school and
eating ice cream.
Authorities removed the children from their
Wheelersburg home in southern Ohio’s Appalachian country last week after
one of them sent a teacher at her online school an email for help.
The
children’s mother, stepfather and grandmother were arrested Tuesday for
child endangerment. The stepfather also is charged with raping the two
girls of the family, ages 9 and 11.
The adults’ attorneys declined comment or didn’t return messages.
Scioto
County sheriff’s Capt. David Hall says the children are lucky to be
alive, and that they’ve been living with a loving foster family and
enjoying normalcy.
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CINCINNATI (AP) — Three Ohio children who police say were
tied to their beds for long periods of time, beaten and deprived of
food are now relishing the seemingly mundane — going to school and
eating ice cream.
Authorities removed the children from their
Wheelersburg home in southern Ohio’s Appalachian country last week after
one of them sent a teacher at her online school an email for help.
The
children’s mother, stepfather and grandmother were arrested Tuesday for
child endangerment. The stepfather also is charged with raping the two
girls of the family, ages 9 and 11.
The adults’ attorneys declined comment or didn’t return messages.
Scioto
County sheriff’s Capt. David Hall says the children are lucky to be
alive, and that they’ve been living with a loving foster family and
enjoying normalcy.
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights
reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or
redistributed.