{"id":4483,"date":"2023-12-27T13:54:19","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T06:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/?p=4483"},"modified":"2023-12-27T13:54:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T06:54:19","slug":"oklahoma-city-secret-9-hidden-children-rescued-after-abuse-discovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/oklahoma-city-secret-9-hidden-children-rescued-after-abuse-discovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma City Secret: 9 Hidden Children Rescued After Abuse Discovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>TLDR<\/strong>: Nine children rescued from hidden abuse in Oklahoma home, after a community member&#8217;s intervention leads to parents&#8217; arrest.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This article is a summary of a You Tube video &#8220;House of Secrets: 9 children hidden for years in Oklahoma home found after police tip&#8217; by KOCO 5 News<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/__ecoyDuNRs?si=R5FL_e6NNUcIYs2k\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Key Takeaways:<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Tip to Police<\/strong>: In August, Oklahoma City police received a tip about a man having multiple children with his stepdaughter.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hidden Children<\/strong>: Nine children were hidden away in a house, isolated from the outside world, never attending school or seeing a doctor.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Abuse and Neglect<\/strong>: The children were subjected to abuse and neglect, with the father maintaining a relationship with his stepdaughter.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Family Dynamics<\/strong>: The oldest sister, at 12, had her first baby with her stepfather, eventually giving birth to four more children in the home.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ignored Signs<\/strong>: Neighbors and community members failed to notice the ongoing abuse, despite some signs of irregularity.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Outside Intervention<\/strong>: Doris, a local business owner, noticed odd behavior and began questioning the family situation, leading to the discovery.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Police Involvement<\/strong>: After gathering evidence, Doris contacted the police, leading to an investigation and the eventual arrest of both parents.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Charges and Arrests<\/strong>: The father faced charges of sexual abuse, child neglect, and child abuse, while the mother faced charges for enabling the abuse.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rescue and Recovery<\/strong>: The children were rescued, and efforts were made to reintegrate them into society, including schooling and basic life skills training.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Community Support<\/strong>: The community was called upon to support the family in their new journey, recognizing the years of deception and hardship they endured.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nine children rescued from hidden abuse in Oklahoma home, after a community member&#8217;s intervention leads to parents&#8217; arrest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4484,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-43","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4483"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4485,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4483\/revisions\/4485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}