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'Right under our noses and nobody was able to help them.' 16 kids found in squalor shocks Ohio town
- Authorities removed 16 siblings (ages 1½ to 18) from a Hamden, Ohio home after an unrelated probe found them living in squalid conditions; several children were hospitalized.
- Neighbors and officials say the family largely stayed hidden for years—kids weren’t enrolled in school and the family moved around—leaving the small town stunned.
- Parents and grandparents were arrested on child-endangerment charges; attorneys are asking the public to wait as the case and investigations play out.
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