The father had an explosive temper. The kids were living in feces. The baby died.
No sorry. I have a lot of sympathy for social workers and whatnot and as I said up-thread, foster care isn’t always the best solution. But it likely would have been a better solution than this.
These kids are going to be screwed up for a long time. They endured mental, and I’d take a wild guess and say physical abuse too. Remember, a lot of people are fiercely loyal to their abusers. That’s how they survive.