Parents charged after 7 kids found living in home with rats in cages and padlocked refrigerator,

[Stuart G]

(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 home’s 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]

1. May all involved receive everything they deserve.

[Stuart G]

2. I agree completely.

[malaise]

14. THIS

[Maru Kitteh]

3. And this is the so-called "master race."

Look like cousins to me.

[niyad]

4. The same dead eyes/expressions.

[Whiskeytide]

6. Seven kids. Seven. n/t

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

7. never been to school. no doctor or dentist visits.

[canetoad]

10. Just coming to post this

And comment that they look closely related.

[PlutosHeart]

18. You beat me to it.

[LoisB]

15. I'm guessing he had the key to the padlock on the refrigerator because he hasn't missed a meal.

[colorado_ufo]

28. I am going to guess brother and sister from the identical eyes, also the ears.

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]

35. I could see that. Looks like they're keeping it in the family either way. nt

[Axelrods_Typewriter]

31. I hope they get put away for a looong time.

Child abusers are amongst the lowest of the low.

[Freddie]

32. Looks like meth or heroin

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]

5. There will be a lot more of these families

if they make abortion illegal all over the country. Just what we all need. More unwanted children.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

8. absolutely

[SharonClark]

9. Not every story is about abortion.

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]

12. Maybe so.

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]

30. The mother looks like she has a marginal IQ or lower.

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]

24. It seems like the general public is too stupid to put 2 and 2 together-more pain for low income kids

[Freddie]

11. I live about 10 minutes from there

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 isn’t 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]

13. This is Idiocracy in the making. The stupidest ones reproduce the most.

[canetoad]

22. There's a saying

"The best contraceptive is an educated woman."

[Stargazer99]

25. The Republicans are making sure of cheap labor for their masters

[reymega life]

33. im sure hitler was a good guy killing the mentally disabled?

[canetoad]

16. The picture above of the couple

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]

19. That article is not for the faint of heart.

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]

27. This is what happens when anti abortionist are in power

notice how the Christian tfrom Jesus to fed, house etc...somehow seems like fundies didn't read that part

[LoisB]

17. Horrifying. Disgusting. Sickening. They had $2,000 to bond out but couldn't take care of their

kids? This was beyond being poor.

[flvegan]

20. 7 children. Maybe stop breeding?

[Demobrat]

26. You are assuming they know how babies get made.

Don’t 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 wouldn’t know.

[flvegan]

29. You'd need nuclear grade stupidity to

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]

21. The asshole "father" should have to submit for a mandatory vasectomy.

In addition to the prison time he will be doing.

[Timewas]

23. I have seen as bad

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]

34. Not everyone should have children

Evil is everywhere