Posted on Dec 22, 2016
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Oh my goodness. A family of SEVEN living in a car? In this day and age, how can this happen????
The deputy said he was on a routine patrol in Greenacres, Fla., Saturday morning when he spotted the blue Toyota in a Walmart parking lot. It wasn’t the look of the vehicle that caught his attention but the smell emanating from it — an odor “similar to that of homeless camps,” he said.
Inside was a family of seven. The parents seemed healthy, police said, but their five children, ranging in age from 4 to 14, were filthy, fatigued and so malnourished that their bones were protruding from under their skin, according to WPTV. The oldest reportedly weighed a mere 50 pounds, just 5 pounds more than his 8-year-old sibling.
The deputy said he was on a routine patrol in Greenacres, Fla., Saturday morning when he spotted the blue Toyota in a Walmart parking lot. It wasn’t the look of the vehicle that caught his attention but the smell emanating from it — an odor “similar to that of homeless camps,” he said.
Inside was a family of seven. The parents seemed healthy, police said, but their five children, ranging in age from 4 to 14, were filthy, fatigued and so malnourished that their bones were protruding from under their skin, according to WPTV. The oldest reportedly weighed a mere 50 pounds, just 5 pounds more than his 8-year-old sibling.
Five malnourished kids found living in car at Walmart with healthy parents, police say
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PO2 Robert M.
Sir, it actually made me sick to my stomach.
With all the food that is wasted by stores and restaurants.....with all the foreclosed homes... I just am ticked off that any AMERICAN has to go hungry, much less a family of SEVEN PEOPLE living in an automobile!!! I cannot fathom why they did not go to a "shelter" or someplace safe!! The poor children's bones could be seen through their skin! Even though I am a 100% disabled, I THANK GOD every day that I have a roof over my head, and I can rely on the VA for my 30 medications (daily).
I will say a prayer for this poor family!
With all the food that is wasted by stores and restaurants.....with all the foreclosed homes... I just am ticked off that any AMERICAN has to go hungry, much less a family of SEVEN PEOPLE living in an automobile!!! I cannot fathom why they did not go to a "shelter" or someplace safe!! The poor children's bones could be seen through their skin! Even though I am a 100% disabled, I THANK GOD every day that I have a roof over my head, and I can rely on the VA for my 30 medications (daily).
I will say a prayer for this poor family!
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