Overview
- A motorist alerted police shortly before 3 p.m. after seeing a lightly clothed, barefoot child outside the residence.
- Police and firefighters entered the apartment and found three girls and three boys between the ages of two and eleven.
- The children were taken to a hospital in Arnsberg, were not in life-threatening condition, were placed under the Jugendamt, and will not return to the apartment.
- Fire crews initially feared carbon monoxide exposure, which was later ruled out.
- Officers seized suspected narcotics, animal-welfare workers took three dogs, and the children’s mother was questioned with no results disclosed as investigations continue.