Boy Found in Dog Cage Inside Home in Mayfair, Police Say

Police first received a call shortly after 1 p.m. Thursday reporting a person screaming on the 4200 block of Glenview Street.

Responding officers found two girls, ages 4 and 5, partially dressed outside a home while it was raining. Police then went inside the house and found a 6-year-old boy locked inside a dog cage, investigators said. Sign up for NBC Philadelphia newsletters. An elderly woman in a wheelchair was also inside the home along with a 40-year-old man who was upstairs. Police said they believe the elderly woman is the grandmother or great grandmother of the children while the man is also a family member.

Police were then met by a woman who told them she was the mother of at least one of the three children, investigators said. The woman was taken to the Special Victims Unit where she is being interviewed by police. She has not been charged though police continue to investigate. Police said none of the children appeared to have been physically harmed. They were all taken to the hospital for an evaluation. Police also said two other children live at the home though they were at school at the time.

MiguelMValle The house with the high fence in the front yard is always the house you should steer clear of.

MiguelMValle If you need help, ask for it

MiguelMValle Tacony. Not Mayfair. A horrible situation

MiguelMValle Terrible

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