Four Children Found Caged and Covered in Filth, North Texas

TEXAS: Cops have found four children caged and covered in filth in North Texas. The parents are now arrested and charged with child endangerment.

The sheriff has described it as the worst case of child abuse he has ever come across in his life.

The cops found two badly squeezed into a tiny dog cage. The five year old boy and a four year old girl were found in the dog house.

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Two toddlers aged one and three were also found in a terrible state. Both the toddlers were malnourished and found half-naked. They were also recovered in filthy state covered in urine and faeces.

The cops discovered the children after being reported of domestic disturbance in the rural property near Rhome, north of Fort Worth.

Parents of the Children

• Mum Paige Isabow Harkings, 24
• Her partner Andrew Joseph Fabila , who is father to one of the children

On arrival deputies heard children inside the barn. The barn was roughly fashioned into living quarters.

They also found cuts on Fabila’s face.

Wise County Sheriff Lane Akin also said the all the children were hungry and thirsty even though there was plenty of food in the barn. The kids were kept away from the food as the sheriff found all the cabinets were kept locked.

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“I’ve not worked one where children are locked inside a dog kennel, and I find that absolutely disgusting.”

The children are kept in the Cook Children’s Medical Center for evaluation. Currently there are not in State Custody.

Four Children Found Caged and Covered in Filth, North Texas

People who have come to know of the incident are heart broken and disgusted by the parents’ treatment. They have been expressing their feelings of remorse. Some of them wrote.

• People like that don’t deserve kids!!! I don’t understand this sad suck works we live in today I don’t understand why God lets things happen like this , but I do know it’s a matter of time the good lord is going to destroy us all with fire and brimstone.
• I don’t understand either! Innocent kids coming to this world to just get mistreated just imagine how many kids are going through this and nothing never gets done till it’s to late sad but facts
• Give them 40 years no less 10 for each child please
• They need the same treatment!
• Poor kids .. Its always kids that are suffering
• Now they have a cage of their own. you now get to pay for their food & housing. you lose!