Police Found 8 Filthy Ill Children Living In Rotted Food, Feces & Insect Filled Home

[Sugar Cookie]

Two police officers responded to the home after dispatchers received calls of children screaming in the residence.

The officers saw three young children attempting to exit the home through a screen on a front window. They also heard children yelling for help within the home.

Police asked for an adult. One of the children said an adult was in the basement. The officers walked around the property and heard glass break. They saw a small basement window had a hole and glass falling to the ground. A child in the basement could be heard screaming.

Officers went back to the front door and continued knocking until someone came to the entrance.

Jordon W. Hoffman opened the front door and told police he was doing laundry in the basement and couldn’t hear the officers knocking. Hoffman allowed the officers in the home to conduct a wellness check.

The officers asked to check the entire home, and Hoffman escorted them to the basement.

Police noticed two bedrooms downstairs had outside locks. An officer unlocked the doors and saw nude girls in both rooms. A detective was called to the home to begin a formal investigation.

According to the probable cause statements, the detective was overwhelmed by the stench of rotting food and feces, saw piles of trash and other debris on the floors, and saw various bugs on the floors, ceilings, and walls in several rooms.

Multiple children were found naked, dirty, and covered in rashes. Some of the children had feces on their feet. In all, eight juvenile children were found in the home.

The detective contacted the Missouri Department of Social Services – Children’s Division and Lincoln County Ambulance District. All eight children were removed from the home and taken to a St. Louis area hospital.

Several children had pin worms, one of the children had a viral infection and possibly scabies, and at least two of the children were admitted for psychological evaluations.

Three adults at the home—Hoffman, Terry R. Wheat Jr., and Victoria S.J. Trabue—were arrested.

Continue reading

One of three adults charged after eight children were found living in deplorable conditions in a Lincoln County home has been sentenced to prison.

Police described the scene last month as “very troubling” when officers responded to the house and found children trying to rip their way through a screen window. Authorities said eight children, including a 1-year-old, were living inside a home filled with rotting food, feces, trash and insects. Some of the children were naked, covered in filth and ill when they were found.

In a plea agreement, one of the children’s fathers, Jordon Hoffman, pleaded guilty and will serve one year in prison. His public defender declined to comment beyond noting that the one-year sentence is the bare minimum.

MSN