Fayette County Parents Arrested

(WPXI) – State Police say parents in Fayette County are in custody after their five kids were found living in “deplorable conditions.”
Troopers say the investigation into the case began in early August, after CYS got a complaint of deplorable living conditions at a home on Willis Avenue in Redstone Township, where five kids under fourteen were living. Police responded to the home to assist the agency with the complaint, making contact with parents James and Carly Kahl. Troopers say the home had no beds, boarded up windows, feces covering the bedroom walls, fleas, limited clothing, limited food and more. The investigation also determined that the father locked the children’s bedroom from the outside, trapping them inside their rooms for part of the day and all night. The door had three deadbolts on the outside and no door handle. Police said the room functioned as a dungeon with video cameras hardwired to the father’s room. The children, aged between five and 14, were immediately removed from the home and placed in the care of CYS and James Kahl has been charged with recklessly endangering another person, use of an incapacitation device, endangering the welfare of children, aggravated assault and drug charges.