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GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
THIS IS A STORY THAT IS TOUCHING
THE HEART OF SO MANY HOOSIERS.
A FAMILY OF NINE GOING THROUGH
HARD TIMES MOVING ACROSS THE
COUNTRY FOR A BETTER LIFE.
BUT A DECISION MADE BY THE
TWO PARENTS HAS TAKEN THEIR KIDS
AWAY AND PUT BOTH PARENTS IN
JAIL HUNDREDS OF MILES FROM
THEIR HOME.
ERIN MURPHY JOINS NOW TO EXPLAIN
HOW PEOPLE ARE REACHING OUT.
Reporter: ERIC THERE HAS BEEN
AN OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT FOR
THIS PARTICULAR FAMILY FROM
FACEBOOK MESSAGES TO CALLS MADE
TO THE SHERIFF.
MANY GIVING HOOSIERS HEARD THE
STORY AND WANTED TO HELP A
FAMILY DOWN ON THEIR LUCK.
HE HAD LOST HIS JOB.
POSSIBLY HAD ANOTHER JOB, WAS
TRYING TO MAKE THINGS BETTER,
AND IT WAS JUST A BAD SITUATION
THAT GOT WORSE.
Reporter: THIS IS THE RENTAL
TRUCK POLICE SAY THE FAMILY WAS
TRAVELING IN WHEN THEY WERE
PULLED OVER IN HENRY COUNTY.
TWO KIDS WERE IN THE CAB AND
FIVE KIDS WERE IN THE BACK.
THE FAMILY WAS MOVING FROM
PENNSYLVANIA TO CALIFORNIA.
AFTER THE COMMUNITY LEARNED WHAT
HAPPENED, THE CALLS STARTED
COMING IN.
WE HAD SEVERAL PHONE CALLS OF
PEOPLE OFFERING TO FOR IT AND
TRYING TO HELP THEM.
THE IMPOUND COMPANY SAID HE
KNEW HE WAS GOING TO WAVE THE
$150 AND $20 A STAY STORAGE FEE.
HE SAYS HE WANT HAS RECEIVED
DOZENS OF CALLS FROM PEOPLE
WANTING TO HELP.
THAT'S FROM BEING ON THE
INTERSTATE.
YOU GET A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT
DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY WITH
DO.
I CONTACTED THE SHERIFF AND
SAID THAT WE WOULD GLADLY PUT
THEM UP, GIVE THEM ROOM AND
ARRANGE FOR THEM TO GET TO WHERE
THEY ARE GOING.
Reporter: THE OWNER OF THE
MOTEL SAYS HE KNOWS WHY POLICE
HAD TO TAKE THE COUPLE IN
CUSTODY, BUT WATCHING A FAMILY
SUFFER BECAUSE OF LIMITED
CHOICES BREAKS HIS HEART.
IT'S THE LEAST WE CAN DO, AND
SAYS THE BEST ABOUT INDIANA.
Reporter: REBECCA AND DAVID
WERE IN COURT TODAY.
THE HENRY COUNTY PROSECUTOR
DROPPED THREE OF THE COUNTS, NOW
THEY ARE EACH FACING ONE COUNT
OF NEGLECT.
THEY COULD SERVE BETWEEN SIX
MONTHS AND THREE YEARS IN JAIL
IF CONVICTED.
WE'RE TOLD A FAMILY MEMBER FROM
PENNSYLVANIA IS COMING TO PICK
KAREN?
THERE HAS BEEN SUCH AN
OUTPOURING AS YOU MENTIONED FROM
THE COMMUNITY, BUT A LOT OF
PEOPLE ALSO ASKING, DID THEY
REALLY HAVE TO BE ARRESTED.
Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT.
THE SHERIFF SAID HE RECEIVED
LOTS OF CALLS WANTING TO HELP,
AND OTHER CALLS, PEOPLE MAD AT
STATE POLICE FOR ARRESTING THEM.
HE SAYS THEY HAD TO BE TAKEN
INTO CUSTODY, BECAUSE IF THE