Couple accused of treating their three adopted children like dogs

Three adopted children who allegedly suffered burns and were forced to eat pet food lived in "inhumane conditions" and might never fully recover, an Oklahoma sheriff said on Thursday.

"They have been raised worse than dogs," Canadian County Sheriff Randall Edwards said of the three malnourished juveniles, who are 9, 11 and 15.


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John Kluth, 50, and Sonja Kluth, 57, of Yukon, Oklahoma, are accused by the district attorney's office of three counts of child abuse and three counts of child neglect, authorities said.

The complaint alleges the Kluths confined the 15-year-old boy to a plastic dog carrier for two months and deprived him of food. All three have stunted growth, Edwards said. He called it the worst abuse case he has seen.