DAYTON ABANDONED CHILDREN 

IN SOUTHWEST OHIO, A DISTURBING STORY ABOUT FIVE ABANDONED CHILDREN LIVING IN SQUALOR. 
LAST WEEK, DAYTON POLICE FOUND FIVE CHILDREN AGED 4 TO 12 LIVING ALONE INSIDE AN ABANDONED, BOARDED UP HOUSE IN WEST DAYTON. A MAN WHO WAS CHECKING ON THE HOUSE DISCOVERED THE CHILDREN INSIDE. THE STRUCTURE HAD NO ELECTRICITY, RUNNING WATER OR HEAT AND WAS OVERRUN WITH TRASH AND INSECTS. KETCHUP PACKETS WERE THEIR FOOD SOURCE. NO ADULTS WERE ON SCENE WHEN AUTHORITIES ARRIVED. IT APPEARS THEY WERE IN SURVIVAL MODE, TRYING TO KEEP THE FAMILY TOGETHER. THE CHILDREN ARE NOW IN THE CUSTODY OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY CHILDREN'S SERVICES.