Ohio house of horrors case takes tragic turn in latest update on '16 feral kids'

Ohio house of horrors case takes tragic turn in latest update on '16 feral kids' The children were found living in squalid conditions on June 30, after police executed a search warrant on the property for an unrelated matter It is "unlikely" that the 16 children rescued from the notorious Ohio "house of horrors" will be kept together in the same home, a forensic interviewer has revealed, in a sad twist that marks the latest update a case that has shocked the world.Forensic interviewer Denise Rodriguez Bowman previously worked on a similar case in California involving the Turpin family, in which she interviewed the 13 Turpin children after authorities arrested the parents in 2018 on felony charges of torturing and imprisoning their kids. The 2026 case out of Ohio involves the Siders family, with four adults arrested on charges of child endangerment. Speaking about the 16 kids on the “Drop Dead Serious” podcast with host Ashleigh Banfield, Bowman said of the gaggle of children who were recently rescued from horrific conditions in Hamden, Ohio: "The children have likely been placed in foster care”, before adding that it is "unlikely child welfare officials would be able to house all of them together".“Visits would likely be arranged among siblings living separately if professionals overseeing the case determine it is in the family’s best interest,” she added.When it comes to interviewing children who have come from such traumatic situations, Bowman explained that it requires a great deal of patience from officials.“It is a lot of patience on an interviewer’s part. They generally can be long interviews, and we’re kind of moving it along based on the kid’s ability to be in that room and how long they can be in that room,” she said.Christina Siders, 67, Gary Siders Sr., 73, her son, Gary Siders Jr., 36, and Elizabeth Siders, 33, are all in custody and awaiting trial over the Ohio case, which has been the subject of international news. The children were found living in squalid conditions on June 30, after police executed a search warrant on the property for an unrelated matter.Upon entering the property, investigators said they soon realised that some of the children couldn’t speak, while the oldest, 18, couldn’t write her own name.Attorney General Andy Wilson told reporters, “I mean, it looked like almost feral animals. It was terrible.”“What we saw down here today is pure evil. Most of our livestock was kept in better conditions than the children. It was just a disgusting scene,” he added.