Trio arrested after two kids locked in ‘bug-infested’ home found begging for help from broken window

Three adults have been arrested after two young children were rescued from a “bug-infested” and “filthy” home in Florida where they’d been locked in their bedroom every night for months, police say.

Their parents Kathy Merrill, 27, and John Merrill, 31, were both arrested and charged separately with two counts of child neglect, while their paternal grandfather, Michael L Beaubien, 73, was charged for failing to report child neglect, according to the Bay County Sheriff’s Office.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/child-abuse-florida-locked-bedroom-parents-b2660210.html

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