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Four brothers didn't know their names and couldn't talk after 'years of abuse'

Dad Robert Preston faces charges of child endangerment

Four brothers found in a filthy, faeces-covered apartment were never taught how to speak and called each other "Robert", police say.

The boys had “limited contact” with the outside world – and didn’t even realise there was a malnourished puppy kept inside an excrement-filled cupboard nearby.

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