Authorities were called to a house in Mayfair for reports of screaming and found two partially clothed children outside and a naked boy in a dog cage inside, police said.
Officers from the Philadelphia Police Department made the chilling discovery at a home on the 4200 block of Glenview Street around 1 p.m. Thursday.
Police found two partially clothed girls, ages four and five, standing in the rain. Officers then entered the home and found a 6-year-old boy locked inside a dog cage. Sergeant Eric Gripp told reporters an elderly woman and a 40-year-old man were also inside the home when police arrived. Five children live at the house, including two who were at school.
A woman who claimed to be the mother of at least one of the children arrived at the home while police were there, Gripp said. She was taken to the Special Victim's Unit for questioning.
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