Parents, grandparents charged after 16 children rescued from ‘deplorable conditions’ at Ohio home

“This is an intra-family situation. This is not human trafficking. There is nothing to put our other children at risk,” William Archer, Vinton County prosecutor, said.

Archer said the state is asking for temporary custody of all the kids.

Family has ties to multiple counties, states

The family has had ties to multiple counties since 2008, including Gallia, Pike and Jackson counties, as well as to Wisconsin.

Officials said it appears they were in Vinton County for four years. The property they were in was owned by a trust of a deceased woman.

Wilson said the family was hiding the children because “they knew these kids were neglected.”