16 children found ‘looking like feral animals’ in Ohio house of horrors

Police rescued 16 children from a property in Hamden, Ohio, during a search warrant operation (Picture: Samantha Madar/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

Sixteen children have been rescued from a tiny Ohio home where police say some ‘looked like feral animals’ and others couldn’t even speak.

Four adults have since been charged over what investigators described as conditions of ‘pure evil’.

Deputies from the Vinton County Sheriff’s Office made the discovery on Tuesday morning after carrying out a search warrant at the property in Hamden. The village is home to fewer than 1,000 people and sits about 60 miles southeast of Columbus.