via The Daily Beast
Ten children were allegedly tortured inside their home in California, and their mother on Monday denied that she and her husband abused them. In March, the mother, 30-year-old Ina Rogers, called the police to report her 12-year-old son missing. He was later found under a bush nearby and police were led to the house, where they allegedly found the nine other children living under horrid conditions. The house was allegedly littered with trash, and urine and feces were all over. Rogers and her husband, 29-year-old Jonathan Allen, were both arrested. Allen was charged with seven counts of torture and nine counts of child abuse and has pleaded not guilty. Rogers, who is out on bail, held a news conference and denied the allegations, saying their house was in bad shape because she was searching for her missing son.