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Two parents in Rhome, Texas, are facing charges of child endangerment after police found four malnourished children, two of whom were locked in dog cages.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday morning, deputies for the Wise County Sheriff\u2019s Office responded to a call reporting possible family violence.<\/p>\n
Officers arrived to find Andrew Joseph Fabila and Paige Harkings, both 24, at the home.\u00a0Fabila had cuts on his face,\u00a0according to the\u00a0Wise County Messenger.<\/a><\/p>\n Authorities were talking to the couple when a deputy found four kids, ages 5, 4, 3 and 1, at the home. The oldest two were locked\u00a0in a 3-by-3-foot dog kennel.<\/p>\n All four children appeared to be malnourished and were covered in waste, according to\u00a0CBS Dallas Fort Worth.<\/a><\/p>\n Authorities arrested Harkings, the mother of all four kids, and Fabila, the father of one of the children, and charged each with four counts of endangering a child.<\/p>\n Harkings was also charged with\u00a0one count of aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury.<\/p>\n Wise County Sheriff Lane Akin told\u00a0The Dallas Morning News<\/a>\u00a0that it\u00a0was the worst child abuse case he\u2019d seen in his 44 years in law enforcement.\u00a0\u201cI\u2019ve not worked one where children are locked inside a dog kennel, and I find that absolutely disgusting,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n