{"id":750429,"date":"2026-07-08T12:00:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T12:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/750429\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T12:00:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T12:00:29","slug":"2-children-found-living-with-dead-animals-in-squalid-northeast-philadelphia-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/750429\/","title":{"rendered":"2 children found living with dead animals in squalid Northeast Philadelphia home"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Federal authorities executed a search warrant at a Northeast Philadelphia home Tuesday, where investigators found two children living in what sources described as squalid conditions alongside dead animals.<\/p>\n

The search took place on the 7100 block of Whitaker Avenue.<\/p>\n

Only Action News was there while the FBI was on the scene. We learned that agents surrounded the home for several hours.<\/p>\n

Sources said that agents discovered two children living inside the home in unsanitary conditions with multiple dead cats and at least one dead dog.<\/p>\n

Sources said a mother and father were taken into custody and will face child endangerment charges. The house is now boarded up.<\/p>\n

According to sources, the FBI executed a search warrant related to terroristic threats made against the White House.<\/p>\n

When investigators entered the home, they called in a hazmat team because of a strong odor.<\/p>\n

Sources told Action News that agents discovered two children living inside the home in unsanitary conditions with feces, fleas, piles of trash, and no running water.<\/p>\n

Also inside were about 40 cats, with multiple dead cats and at least one dead dog.<\/p>\n

Sources said the children, ages 5 years and 8 months, were found with bug bites and bruises and were taken to a hospital for medical evaluation.<\/p>\n

Several firearms, boxes of evidence, and bags of garbage were removed from the home.<\/p>\n

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Neighbor Vex Holmquist said she regularly noticed a strong odor coming from the home.<\/p>\n

“Every time I would walk by, it would smell really bad, kitty litter and everything, and a horrible stench every time you would walk. You could smell it from across the street,” Holmquist said. “I’ve seen one kid, I think, play with their neighbor. That’s about it. I’ve never actually seen the people come out or anything.”<\/p>\n

Neighbors expressed hope that the parents will face consequences.<\/p>\n

“I really don’t think what they did was right. It’s disgusting and I’m struggling to put it into words how awful that is,” neighbor Jacob Holmquist said.<\/p>\n

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Officials from the Philadelphia Department of Licenses and Inspections and a garbage truck were at the property Tuesday evening. Philadelphia Gas Works also responded to the scene and shut off utility service to the home, according to a spokesperson.<\/p>\n

Sources said the children are now with the Department of Human Services. Authorities continue to investigate both the federal and local aspects of the case.<\/p>\n

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