PA Couple Arrested After 5 Children Found Trapped In "Deplorable Living Conditions"

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A Fayette County couple has been with charged endangering the welfare of a child, aggravated assault, and reckless endangerment, use of an incapacitation device and drug charges after Pennsylvania State Police found five children in "deplorable living conditions" in Redstone Township.

State troopers have charged 65-year-old James Russell Kahl and 41-year-old Carly Kahl after authorities found the couple's five children living in a home with no beds, boarded-up windows, feces on bedroom walls, fleas, limited clothing, and food.

"It is sickening. That is the only word to describe it. It's sickening," Trooper Ally Wilson said.

Troopers were originally called to the home on Aug. 8 to assist Fayette County Children and Youth Services after receiving a complaint about the children, all ranging from the age of 5 to 14, living in "deplorable conditions," according to court documents.

Police say the father locked the children's bedroom door from the outside, trapping them in their rooms throughout part of the day and all night long.

The room functioned as a "dungeon," with video cameras hardwired to the father's room, authorities said. Troopers noticed three deadbolt locks on the outside of the door and no door handle, which gave the children no way to escape.

The children were safely removed from the household and placed into the care of CYS, where they remain.

Fayette County couple arrested after 5 children found in "deplorable living conditions," state police say

A Fayette County couple has been charged after state police found five children in "deplorable living conditions" in Redstone Township.

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Allegedly the two older children are from a different woman who had been trying to get custody of her children.

 

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The woman appears slow or overly medicated





The whole lot of them must be special....

The mother of the older kids.

Rachel Silbaugh is the mom of two of the five children allegedly found locked in a room with "deplorable living conditions" in a Pennsylvania home in August, according to ABC affiliate WTAE.

According to the PSP, the children were safely removed from the household and placed into the care of Child and Youth Services (CYS). Silbaugh wants to speak up for all of them, she told WTAE.

"I am heartbroken over this,” she told the outlet.

“My son isn't able to talk, and I will be his voice and a voice for my daughter until the day that I can't be their voice anymore,” she continued.

Silbaugh said that after she was diagnosed with a severe medical condition, a judge ordered 50-50 custody between her and James.

She said her son, who has autism, is nonverbal and uses a wheelchair due to a medical condition, according to WTAE. She told the outlet she previously noticed signs of abuse on her children, and had alerted CYS multiple times.

Silbaugh had also filed protection-from-abuse orders against James as early as 2016, including one that stated that he “threatened to lock one of the children in the garage if she did not shut up and stop crying,” WTAE reported, citing court records.

“I saw marks on my children when I was still getting visitations,” she alleged in her interview, also claiming to the Pittsburgh outlet that her “son's head was busted open at one point when he was still in a wheelchair.”

Silbaugh alleged to WTAE that James has told their two children that she is dead, which is “why we're doing a slow reunification process, because my two children think I'm dead. According to the hearing we had.”

Mom of 2 Kids Allegedly Found in 'Dungeon' at Dad's Home, Including Nonverbal Son with Autism, Says She Is 'Heartbroken'

Rachel Silbaugh, a mom to two of the five children allegedly found living in a 'dungeon' in a Pennsylvania home, has spoken out about the situation, saying she is 'heartbroken.' Silbaugh is mom to two of the kids, while Carly Kahl, who was arrested along with James, is reportedly mom to the...

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I don't think the children should be placed with the bio-mom either.