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Police: Boys removed from home with roaches, feces, urine, trash

Georgia teens found living in deplorable conditions; house condemned
By Tony Thomas
Aug 13, 2014

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Investigators said the boys appeared healthy and were attending high school. In a police report, one officer wrote, "They appeared to be unaffected by the amount of clutter and said they had been lazy, which is the reason the house is the way it is."

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