Couple faces charges of hiding 5 children


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(CNN) -- State authorities discovered five children in south central Pennsylvania huddled in a condemned house without heat, running water or anything that could reveal their identities. :blink:

The children -- ranging in age from 2 to 13 -- have no birth certificates, no record of immunizations and no school records, having been largely kept away from society for several years, York County police Lt. Tim Utley said.

"You always have the occasion when people are living in poor conditions, but this was extreme," Utley said. "They're going to have to be assimilated into what's not considered normal for them."

The parents, Louann Bowers and Sinhue Johnson, were arrested over the summer, when the children were found.

They have been charged with five felony counts of child endangerment and are awaiting a court appearance Friday.

Case workers at York County Children and Youth Services learned about the children after receiving anonymous phone calls, Utley said.

The calls prompted workers to investigate the area; they alerted police after discovering the squalid conditions in which the children were living, he said.

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