'Never seen a kid out here': 16 children allegedly living in single-bathroom home were invisible to neighbors

Four radical are down bars aft authorities successful Ohio accidental they recovered 16 children wrong a location with "horrific" conditions.

Gary Siders Jr., Christina Siders, Elizabeth Siders, and Gary Siders Sr. are each charged with 16 counts of second-degree felony child endangerment, authorities including Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson announced astatine a property conference, determination CBS affiliate WOIO reported.

On Tuesday, the Vinton County Sheriff's Office and the Ohio Bureau of Investigation executed a hunt warrant astatine a location connected the 100 artifact of Ohmer Street successful Hamden, Ohio. Hamden is simply a tiny colony successful the confederate portion of the state.

There were 16 children wrong the home, ranging successful property from 18 months to 18 years old, The Columbus Dispatch reported. Records reviewed by the paper from the region auditor's bureau amusement that the one-story location built successful 1900 had 5 rooms and 1 bathroom.

Authorities said "the country is horrific, and these are horrific allegations," though they did not stock circumstantial details due to the fact that it is an "ongoing investigation." The sheriff's bureau did concede that the alleged kid endangerment progressive "serious carnal harm."

Deputies said connected Tuesday that the children were being treated medically, "and we're trying to get them placed, and that is our superior interest close astatine this point." They besides noted that the defendants are not from Vinton County.

"This is axenic evil," Wilson said astatine the property conference. "This astir apt was the worst country that I've been in, arsenic acold arsenic the deplorable conditions."

Nearby residents told section ABC affiliate WSYX that they heard determination were aggregate animals wrong the home, too. One noted that helium frequents the country and had ne'er seen a child.

"I travel up down done present each the clip and I've ne'er seen a kid retired here," Larry Brown said.

Law enforcement reportedly indicated that this is not a lawsuit of quality trafficking.