Afghanistan, July 3 -- Four members of the same family face felony charges in the US state of Ohio, in a case authorities described as among the worst child neglect they had encountered.
Authorities in the United States have removed 16 children from a home in the state of Ohio and charged four adults with child endangerment, in what prosecutors described as a developing investigation into severe neglect within a single family.
The children, who range in age from about 18 months to 18 years, were found on Tuesday when investigators carried out a search warrant at a residence in the village of Hamden, in Vinton County, about 60 miles (97 kilometers) southeast of Columbus, Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson and local prosecutors said. The war...