A mom and dad were arrested after they allegedly forced their seven kids to live in “very deplorable and uninhabitable conditions” inside their Tennessee home.
Jason Hoffer, 27, stands accused of child endangerment and aggravated child abuse while 28-year-old Amber Hoffer also faces a child endangerment charge, the Knox County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release.
The investigation began shortly before 7:30 a.m. Tuesday when the sheriff’s office received a call about two small children standing alone in a wooded area in the 3000 block of Clear Springs Road in Mascot, which is outside of Knoxville. Deputies determined the two kids lived nearby. They took the children back to their home and met with their parents, the Hoffer’s…