19 Kids found Home Alone in Hot Filthy Kentucky Home

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Source: AP, and Kentucky.Com

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Authorities plan to file charges against a man and a woman accused of leaving 19 children ranging from 8 months to 14 years old unattended for a week in a sweltering, filthy home near Bowling Green.

The children were found Monday night in a small three-bedroom rental home near Interstate 65 by officers who were responding to a complaint from a neighbor. It was littered with dog feces and had no air conditioning, Warren County Sheriff's Detective Tim Robinson said.

"It's such an unusual circumstance to find 19 children like that, we're still putting things together right now," Robinson said.

The adults, Irving "Joe" Smith and Jackie Farah, left town on June 27 and told a neighbor to check on the kids, Robinson said. They are expected to face charges when they return

Read more: http://www.kentucky.com/2012/07/03/2247105/19-youngsters-found-unattended.html

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19 Kids found Home Alone in Hot Filthy Kentucky Home (Original post)	Stuart G	Jul 2012	OP
Horrible. Ghastly. Those children need a stable home.	MADem	Jul 2012	#1
Damn	XemaSab	Jul 2012	#2
It sounds like the home was a stable.	TheCowsCameHome	Jul 2012	#3
Where did they get 19 kids. Seems almost impossible to have 19 kids between age 0 and 14	Liberal_in_LA	Jul 2012	#4
Blended family?	Lydia Leftcoast	Jul 2012	#6
I see. Hadn't considered that.	Liberal_in_LA	Jul 2012	#9
blended family...some his, some hers.	rateyes	Jul 2012	#7
ahh.. Hadn't considered that. Why would someone with 9 kids marry someone with 10?	Liberal_in_LA	Jul 2012	#8
Because no one else would marry someone with 9 or 10 kids.	Incitatus	Jul 2012	#13
To have some help in babysitting them?	4th law of robotics	Jul 2012	#21
Is this one of those weird cases of 'child hoarding' for welfare checks?	agentS	Jul 2012	#5
IDK if this was, but that does happen with all ages and it's deplorable.	freshwest	Jul 2012	#17
They need a TV show or something. n/t	bluedigger	Jul 2012	#10
Definitely not the Duggars.	alp227	Jul 2012	#11
Just like they can vote for W twice....	MindMover	Jul 2012	#12
Is this why Mitch McConnell.......	Grassy Knoll	Jul 2012	#14
I don't think the ACA could have prevented this. McConnell's a dog, though. (apologies to canines)	freshwest	Jul 2012	#18
I won't leave my cats for over 24 hours	Skittles	Jul 2012	#15
and contraception remains controvertial	dembotoz	Jul 2012	#16
Appears that they put all that responsibility on the 14 year old. Parents may have been seeking work	freshwest	Jul 2012	#19
There are programs that catch feral cats	4th law of robotics	Jul 2012	#22
so does abortion	wordpix	Jul 2012	#23
Very sad	Marrah_G	Jul 2012	#20
Silly repukes ...this is what they have in mind for future retirement homes.	L0oniX	Jul 2012	#24

Response to Stuart G (Original post)

Tue Jul 3, 2012, 09:28 PM

MADem (86,033 posts)

1. Horrible. Ghastly. Those children need a stable home.

There's no way they will be able to place them all together, but perhaps they can place them near enough to one another so that they can see each other in school.

I am guessing there are no reliable relatives, otherwise they'd have stepped up.

This is so sad.

19 Kids found Home Alone in Hot Filthy Kentucky Home

1. Horrible. Ghastly. Those children need a stable home.

2. Damn

3. It sounds like the home was a stable.

4. Where did they get 19 kids. Seems almost impossible to have 19 kids between age 0 and 14

6. Blended family?

9. I see. Hadn't considered that.

7. blended family...some his, some hers.

8. ahh.. Hadn't considered that. Why would someone with 9 kids marry someone with 10?

13. Because no one else would marry someone with 9 or 10 kids.

21. To have some help in babysitting them?

5. Is this one of those weird cases of 'child hoarding' for welfare checks?

17. IDK if this was, but that does happen with all ages and it's deplorable.

10. They need a TV show or something. n/t

11. Definitely not the Duggars.

12. Just like they can vote for W twice....

14. Is this why Mitch McConnell.......

18. I don't think the ACA could have prevented this. McConnell's a dog, though. (apologies to canines)

15. I won't leave my cats for over 24 hours

16. and contraception remains controvertial

19. Appears that they put all that responsibility on the 14 year old. Parents may have been seeking work

22. There are programs that catch feral cats

23. so does abortion

20. Very sad

24. Silly repukes ...this is what they have in mind for future retirement homes.