According to a reporter, the four adults accused in the case do not believe they did anything wrong, raising questions about their cognitive health
Ohio house of horrors adults have requested competency tests(Image: Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail)
A new disturbing twist in the Ohio house of horrors case has been revealed, as one reporter said the four people charged are seeking to know if they are fit to stand trial.
According Los Angeles Magazine reporter Lauren Conlin, the four adults do not believe they did anything wrong except keep the house unclean and unhygienic. Conlin made the revelation about the adults on Jesse Weber Live and said, “I believe these people have no idea what they did wrong besides having an unsanitary home.”
She added, “These people don’t think they did anything. There is no defense.”
Following the raid, which took place as officers were executing a search warrant in relation to public indecency charges against Gary Siders Jr, authorities described how the children had been living like “feral animals,” with the home covered in human feces and some of the children unable to even speak.
Recently, a firefighter who responded to the scene revealed more harrowing details about the condition the children were found in. Jeremiah Griffith, a captain with the Hamden Volunteer Fire Department, received a call from an EMS on June 30 requesting drivers at an incident on Ohmer Street.
He drove to the scene in the department’s Ford pickup and arrived to find a swarm of law enforcement vehicles already surrounding the home.
“I was just shocked at first,” Griffith told of his initial reaction. “Just the situation in whole was shocking.”
He recalled that he put four of the Siders children in the truck and drove them to a nearby hospital around 20 minutes away. Griffith noted that the children didn’t talk much.
He described them as being thin, with their bodies covered in scratches and bug bites.