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Eight adults in Kentucky face charges after seven children - as young as a one-year-old - were removed from a home authorities described as “very filthy and deplorable” following an extensive child abuse investigation.

A search of a home in Richmond, about 30 miles south of Lexington, revealed feces smeared on floors, stairs, and other surfaces throughout the residence, FOX 56 reported.

The Richmond Police Department wrote in arrest citations that the home was in what they described as “very filthy and deplorable condition.”

Authorities said that the smell of feces and urine was also present in the home.

The investigation uncovered extensive abuse allegations, including human trafficking, rape and incest.

Investigators said at least seven children, eight adults and ten dogs and cats lived at the home.

The children, who were between the ages of one and 17, were placed in the care of social services, WKRC reported.

Eight adults were arrested. They include:

• Christine Carter, 41, charged with first-degree criminal abuse of a child age 12 or younger and first-degree criminal abuse.
• Johnna Carter, 21, charged with first-degree criminal abuse of a child age 12 or younger and first-degree criminal abuse.
• Richard Carter, 45, charged with first-degree criminal abuse of a child age 12 or younger, first-degree criminal abuse, first-degree rape and human trafficking.
• Sarah Carter, 28, charged with first-degree criminal abuse of a child age 12 or younger, first-degree criminal abuse, distribution of obscene matter and incest.
• Matthew Brumbaugh, 30, charged with incest.
• Mark Brumbaugh, 30, charged with first-degree criminal abuse of a child age 12 or younger, first-degree criminal abuse and third-degree sexual abuse.
• Green Schindler, 63, charged with first-degree criminal abuse of a child age 12 or younger, first-degree criminal abuse, incest, human trafficking, first-degree rape and first-degree sodomy.
• Ishmeal Thornsberry, 21, charged with first-degree criminal abuse.

All eight of the suspects are being held at the Madison County Detention Center.

Authorities said their investigation remains ongoing.