PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A New Jersey couple on Sunday faced charges of starving their four adopted sons, aged 9 to 19, authorities said, in a case that has raised fresh questions about the state's child welfare system.
The boys, who suffered from stunted growth, rotten teeth and distended bellies, were surviving by supplementing their meager diet of uncooked pancake batter and oatmeal with chips of paint and pieces of wall insulation, authorities said.
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