Pennsylvania couple arrested after 5 children are found locked in feces-covered dungeon

Five children were discovered locked in a feces-covered dungeon inside a Pennsylvania home and their parents are now facing charges. State troopers arrested James Russell Kahl, 65, and Carly Kahl, 41, on Wednesday, September 3, after their five children were discovered in a Redstone Township home with no beds, boarded-up windows, fleas, feces smeared bedroom walls, and little clothing or food, troopers told KDKA.The children found in the disturbing conditions were between 5 and 14 years old, authorities added. The parents who locked their children up in such deplorable condition allegedly had a live feed of the room to watch their kids. Video captured a cross-eyed Carly Kahl and a stunned-looking James Kahl being escorted out of the home by law enforcement.   Its sickening, thats the only word that I can use to describe what we saw and what those children went through, Trooper Ally Wilson told the outlet. Pennsylvania State Police were originally called to the home on Aug. 8 to help Fayette County Children and Youth Services handle a complaint received about the kids. The couple was arrested this week after authorities served a search warrant on the home, police detailed. Their father, James Kahl, allegedly locked the children inside the filthy bedroom, which functioned as a dungeon, trapping them inside the hellhole for part of the day and all night. James told troopers and a CYS case worker that he would not be removing the locks from the bedroom door for any reason, a criminal complaint obtained by WPXI stated. Inside the house of horrors, cops found cameras hardwired to the fathers room and three deadbolt locks on the outside of the door, and no door handle, effectively trapping the children, police added.  Police also found a stun gun, a replica pistol, drugs, and drug paraphernalia inside the home, the outlet reported. During interviews with the children, authorities were allegedly told that James Kahl smoked marijuana throughout the day and neglected his kids. He also allegedly made their mother taser one of the kids with the stun gun as a punishment recently, the criminal complaint stated. Based on what Ive seen, theres going to be a long process. I wont speak directly to the children, but I cant imagine, I mean, I cant imagine living in a household like what we saw, Fayette County District Attorney Mike Aubele told WTAE. We are very, very happy that a family member was willing to come forward and report this to us. We are very happy with our Children and Youth Services, who removed these children, and our Belle Vernon state police that continued this investigation long after the children were removed to make the arrest that they did today, Aubele said. Law enforcement cannot be in every household and every single minute of every day; we need people to come forward and think of these children, he said.The post Pennsylvania couple arrested after 5 children are found locked in feces-covered dungeon appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.