Investigators said the walls and floors of the home were disintegrating and the children needed emergency medical attention.
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The Phelps County Sheriff’s Department says escaped inmate Jonathan Eugene Schmidt O’Dell was seen after 3 p.m. in Ray County, Missouri, near Kansas City.
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Rep. Matt Gaetz made the comments Sunday on CNN's State of the Union.
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The family lost their home to the fire, the cause of which is believed to be electrical.