A report filed by Investigator Mark Arnold said authorities got the complaint of child neglect and after investigation allege the Barbers would rarely let their children, ages 8 and 10, outside the residence, keeping them in a small room with the windows boarded shut and doors padlocked from the outside.

They were forced to use a “potty chair,” which was sometimes full, inside the room and also made to eat in the room.

The report said the carpet inside the room was “heavily soiled and saturated with human waste and had a repulsive smell” to which the children were constantly exposed.

When the children were allowed outside, the Barbers would sometimes chain them to a tire.
“The children had never been to public school and were unable to read or write,” the report said. “As a result of the allegations, the children have been removed from the home.”

Hickman said the residence is in the southeastern part of Boone County.

Both Barbers were arrested and were released after posting $10,000 bond each just hours after the arrest.

*For crying out loud they were 8 and 10 and chained to a tire when let outside, why in the Hell had no one turned them in before now. Where they live is NOT secluded, there is neighbors and a busy enough road. What is wrong with people to not report something like this. Maybe it is because they do not want to get involved. Well I say that is what is wrong with this country NO ONE wants to get off the lazy butts and get involved. No wonder this country is going to hell in a hand basket!!!!!!!!!!*