Joshua Tree couple arrested on suspicion of child cruelty after kids found living in squalid shack for four years, authorities say

The deputy was driving through a remote area of Joshua Tree when he made a startling discovery: Three children on a property littered with mounds of trash and several holes filled with feces.

Authorities found that the siblings, ages 11, 13 and 14, had been living on the property with their parents for four years in of a makeshift plywood shelter, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said.

There was no electricity or running water. No bathrooms or heating. Between 30 and 40 cats roamed around the squalid desert property and inside a nearby travel trailer.

On Wednesday, the children's pa

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