An Ohio couple was sentenced to a total of 28 years in prison for abusing their five adopted children with special needs and keeping them in "dungeon"-like conditions.
Matthew Edmonson, 50, and Charles Edmonson, 64, adopted five boys; 9-year-old triplets, a 12 year old and a 14 year old, according to WCPO.
It's unclear when the abuse started, but the couple was arrested after Charles was caught sexually abusing another adopted child who was an adult.
Detectives then found videos of the children being abused, which Clermont County Prosecutor Mark J. Tekulve said was "too graphic to describe." He added that the children were kept in a "dungeon" and treated "worse than prisoners of war in their own home," WCPO reported.
"The videos of these undernourished and naked children huddled up in a locked room in the basement, on the stone-cold basement floor like a pile of puppies trying to stay together to keep warm, are nothing short of gut-wrenching," he continued, according to WCPO.
In July, the couple pleaded guilty to five felony counts of endangering children. The children's father, Charles, also pleaded guilty to one count of felonious assault and one count of kidnapping.
Matthew was sentenced to 13 years in prison and Charles was sentenced to 15 years.
