FAIRFIELD, Calif. (AP) — Police said Monday they had removed 10 children from a squalid California home and charged their father with torture and their mother with neglect after an investigation revealed a lengthy period of severe physical and emotional abuse. 
 
 The children range from 4 months to 12 years old, said Fairfield police Lt. Greg Hurlbut. 
 
 The mother, Ina Rogers, told reporters that she called authorities in March after her 12-year-old son didn't come home. 
 
 She said the "squalor" officers saw while investigating came from her tearing her house apart as she searched for her child. 
 
 "I was afraid I could not find him," she told KGO-TV. "Once that fear sets in you don't know what to do." 
 
 The investigation began March 31 when police responded to the missing juvenile report in Fairfield, 46 miles (74 kilometers) northeast of San Francisco. 
 
 The officers found the boy and returned him to the family home, where they said they found nine other children living in "squalor and unsafe conditions." 
 
 The father, Jonathan Allen, 29, faces felony charges of torture and child abuse and the 30-year-old Rogers faces child neglect charges. She was arrested March 31 and released after posting $10,000 bail. 
 
 Allen was arrested Friday after specialists conducted interviews with the children, Hurlbut said. He's being held in the Solano County Jail in lieu of $1.5 million bail. 
 
 Court records do not indicate whether the parents have lawyers. 
 
 In a separate case, prosecutors in Riverside County, have filed eight new charges against a father accused of shackling and starving some of his 13 children, alleging that he lied on government forms about their schooling. 
 
 David Turpin and his wife Louise previously pleaded not guilty to torture, child abuse and other charges in a case that has drawn international attention since the couple's 17-year-old daughter escaped the family's Perris, California, home in January and called 911. ||||| EMBED More News Videos Fairfield couple has been charged with everything from child neglect to torture after police say they discovered their 10 children living in squalor. Here's a look inside the home. 
 
 EMBED More News Videos Torture, child cruelty, child endangerment -- all charges a Fairfield couple now face after the discovery of ten children living in squalid conditions at their family home. 
 
 #DEVELOPING Ina Rogers says she and husband Jonathan Allen did not abuse 10 children. “My husband is amazing person. I am amazing mother.” pic.twitter.com/El5DkoKxtz — Laura Anthony (@LauraAnthony7) May 14, 2018 
 
 EMBED More News Videos Fairfield police held a press conference regarding 10 children who were rescued after being allegedly abused by their parents. 
 
 #DEVELOPING Fairfield father Jonathan Allen charged with 6 counts of child cruelty, 9 counts of child torture. #abc7now pic.twitter.com/ABp2rXrwNp — Laura Anthony (@LauraAnthony7) May 14, 2018 
 
 ##BREAKING Bail for Fairfield man Jonathan Allen accused of torturing and abuse 10 children raised to $5million. #abc7now pic.twitter.com/f0hzAJTDej — Laura Anthony (@LauraAnthony7) May 14, 2018 
 
 #BREAKING Fairfield mom responds to allegations that she and her husband abused and tortured their 10 children. #abc7now pic.twitter.com/tWwJCDf0kp — Laura Anthony (@LauraAnthony7) May 14, 2018 
 
 “Not one of my kids even has a cavity...” says Ina Rogers, defending herself and her husband against charges of abuse and torture. #abc7now pic.twitter.com/0IfwkU1L4C — Laura Anthony (@LauraAnthony7) May 14, 2018 
 
 A Fairfield couple has been charged with everything from child neglect to torture after police say they discovered their 10 children living in squalor."This is absolutely appalling," Ina Rogers said, standing in the doorway of her Fairfield home while giving reporters her reaction to charges she and her husband abused, even tortured, their 10 children."I strive, I thrive on being a good parent to my children," Rogers said. "My husband has a lot of tattoos. He looks like a scary individual, and that's why people are so quick to judge him. But my husband is an amazing person. I am an amazing mother."The 30-year-old mother is out on bail after her arrest in late March, in which she was being charged with abuse after police returned her 12-year-old son to the family home after he had been reported missing.Rogers showed reporters the inside of her home, which she claims was left messy by police after their search. All of the children sleep on the floor in one room.Fairfield police arrested Rogers' 29-year-old husband Jonathan Michael Allen on Friday after a six-week investigation. He's been charged with nine felony counts of child cruelty, and seven of torture."The children described incidents of intentional abuse resulting in puncture wounds, burns, bruising and injuries consistent with being shot by a pellet or airsoft gun," said Lt. Greg Hurlbut.Hurlbut added that police found filthy conditions in the home shared by Rogers and Allen."Officers located unsafe and unsanitary living conditions including garbage and spoiled food on the floor, animal and human feces and a large amount of debris making areas of the house unpassable," he said.Sharon Henry, chief deputy district attorney for Solano County, said she was "horrified" by the statements from the children.She said at a news conference that "torture occurred in this house" and it was carried out "for sadistic purposes." She declined to elaborate."It literally breaks your heart, and you're outraged by how a parent or anyone could commit those acts," Henry said afterward.Rogers says she got pregnant when she was 16 years old. The Fairfield resident went on to say that she has 11 biological children ages four months to 14 years old. Three she had before meeting Allen and eight more in the past 10 years.She says she home schools the children, while working full-time as a medical technician. "Not only do I have 11 children and I'm 30 years old, but I also homeschool all of my children and people don't agree with that lifestyle and so I've had many people question my right to parent and I just feel like this whole situation was exploded," Rogers said.Allen was arraigned Monday afternoon in a Solano County court. He is being held on $5.2 million bail.The children have all been placed in the custody of Rogers' sister and mother in the Bay Area. All 10 children were initially taken into protective custody by Solano County Child Welfare Services.With the assistance of Child Welfare Services and the Solano County District Attorney's Office, detectives with the Fairfield Police Department's Family Violence Unit initiated an investigation.Officials say the investigation revealed a long and continuous history of severe physical and emotional abuse of the children. As a result of the investigation, an arrest warrant was issued for the father of the children and served by detectives on Friday, May 11 at 8:30 a.m. at the family home.
– Police say they removed 10 children from a squalid California home and charged their father with torture and their mother with neglect after an investigation revealed a lengthy period of severe physical and emotional abuse. The children range from 4 months to 12 years old, says Fairfield police Lt. Greg Hurlbut. The mother, Ina Rogers, told reporters that she called authorities in March after her 12-year-old son didn't come home. She said the "squalor" officers saw while investigating came from her tearing her house apart as she searched for her child. "I was afraid I could not find him," she told KGO-TV. "Once that fear sets in you don't know what to do." The investigation began March 31 when police responded to the missing juvenile report in Fairfield, 46 miles northeast of San Francisco. The officers found the boy and returned him to the family home, where they said they found nine other children living in "squalor and unsafe conditions." The father, Jonathan Allen, 29, faces felony charges of torture and child abuse and the 30-year-old Rogers faces child neglect charges, the AP reports. She was arrested March 31 and released after posting $10,000 bail. Allen was arrested Friday after specialists conducted interviews with the children, Hurlbut says. He's being held in the Solano County Jail in lieu of $1.5 million bail.