A mother and her boyfriend are facing charges after they were accused of leaving four children in unlivable circumstances in a home on Charles Street in Knoxville. <\/p>\n
“Their parents need to go to jail,” said Robert Pittman. <\/p>\n
Investigators say their mother, India McKnight, and her boyfriend Earl Kennedy are responsible. <\/p>\n
The couple reportedly stayed in a house, one home over. <\/p>\n
Pittman lives a street over and has children of his own.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“You’re supposed to make sure those children are alright, make sure they eat every day,” he continued, ” I don’t think you deserve to have your kids.” <\/p>\n
According to the criminal complaints, it started with a sexual abuse investigation in August involving the boyfriend.<\/p>\n
The responding officers noted that the four children lived in the home, and conditions were deplorable. There was allegedly no bed or even a mattress for them to sleep on; 20 cats, their feces and urine everywhere; No food, just one box of macaroni and cheese in a kitchen cabinet; and no heat or hot water since April <\/p>\n
A neighbor agreed to speak with us, but under the condition that we keep his identity secret. <\/p>\n
“It’s kind of hard to put in words,” he said. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
He knew McKnight and Kennedy.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
“They were okay, just normal kids, went to school,” he said after being asked if the children looked to have any appearances of anything being wrong.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The couple is facing multiple charges, including endangering the welfare of children.<\/p>\n
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