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Fayette County couple charged after children found living in filth

Rogelio Sandaval and Kayla Mills are charged with child abuse, and are being held at Southern Regional Jail.

MOUNT HOPE, W.Va. — Two Fayette County parents are facing criminal charges after police discovered their children were living in a home reportedly filled with cigarette butts and excrement.

Officers were called to the home of Rogelio Sandoval, 29, and Kayla Mills, 27, both of Mount Hope after a neighbor found one of the children unattended in her yard. According to court documents, the officers conducted a search of the house, which they said was littered with discarded cigarettes and feces.

Both parents are charged with child neglect, and are being held at Southern Regional Jail under $50,000 bonds.

The two children have been placed with Child Protective Services.





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