awful story in news

I'm watching the news, waiting for John to get out of the shower so we can get on the road to Virginia and this story about a 6 year old boy that they found in a house while looking for a man that didn't report to court, the house had no heat just a space heater that the boy was sitting by and the house was filthy. They reported that the house didn't have heat and running water because the man they were looking for had cut out the copper pipes and sold it. I can't believe someone would do this. They found the man hiding in a closet. The boy is in foster care.