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Officials Find Kids Living in House of Filth

Officials Find Kids Living in House of Filth - Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 5:47PM EST

Reported by: Eric Deabill
Wednesday, Nov 19, 2008 @ 05:47pm EST
SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY- The apartment at 349 South Tenth Street in Sunbury now sits condemned. Even though strollers and bikes line the outside, police say inside three young children were living in filth.

Rich Snyder lives in the house next door. “It doesn't surprise me at all. Just the way they raise their kids and how they were running around with diapers and stuff on," he said.

Court papers show almost every room in the house was full of feces and the parents were living out of trash bags. There was also very little furniture for the kids. There were twins aged four and a 1-year-old in the home. “I wouldn't have my kids sleeping on floors, or on mattresses on floors, it’s just not right," added Snyder.

Virginia Rhoades owns a hair salon in the same block. She worries the filth house will negatively impact the neighborhood. “We want the neighborhood to be nice. We would like to see the rentals removed and people own their own homes and take pride in them," she said.

Neighbors say there have been problems at the house before. Everyone we talked to has seen children and youth at the house in the past.

Neighbor Scott Herb said, “I think they should have taken them probably a while ago. They've been here before and they've seen it.”

“I think the children deserve better. Better homes and better living arraignments and people who can take care of them and can afford to," added Rhoades.

The parents of the three kids have been identified as Ira and Perditta Renn. They are facing three summary charges of endangering the welfare of children.

 


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