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Stuart G

(38,427 posts)
Tue Jul 3, 2012, 09:23 PM Jul 2012

19 Kids found Home Alone in Hot Filthy Kentucky Home [View all]

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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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
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