The siblings of an autistic boy who drowned in a Florida lake this week were found living in a cockroach-infested, unsafe home following the tragedy.
Charles ‘Charlie’ Newton, 7, took off from his parents’ car as they returned home from buying pizza on Nov. 25 and vanished for several hours before his body was found in Lake Lapanocia by a neighbor.
A subsequent search of the victim’s home revealed that he and his two siblings, who also suffered from autism, were living in deplorable conditions.
“It was revealed the home to have a large roach infestation, minimal food for all 3 children in the home, no apparent clean clothes, all of the children shared a small bedroom with dirty mattresses on the floor, the refrigerator was chained closed and the only bathroom in the residents was locked via a biometric lock only accessible to (the parents),” the police report read.
The Florida’s Department of Child and Families deemed the home unsafe for the two children. It remains unclear if the children were removed from the home.
