Multiple people charged in child abuse case from Camden County

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Three people were charged in a child abuse case after children were found living in unsanitary conditions on Tuesday, according to court documents.

Jonathan Cunningham, 23, of Camdenton, was charged on Wednesday with drug possession and three counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child. He is being held at the Camden County Jail without bond. A court appearance is scheduled for 1 p.m. Friday at the Camden County Courthouse. An intimal court appearance was held on Thursday, where he pleaded not guilty.

Joshua Cunningham, 49, and Maria Cunningham, 44, both of Camdenton, were charged with drug possession. Both of them bonded out of jail at 4 p.m. Wednesday, according to jail records. Court dates have not been scheduled.

The probable cause statements say law enforcement was doing a drug search at a home and took custody of multiple children after seeing the living conditions at the residence.

Law enforcement allegedly saw urine and feces on a number of walls and nearly two feet of garbage and debris in rooms of the home, the statement says. Some of the trash and debris included rotting food and animal feces, the statement says.

Multiple pipes and baggies containing methamphetamine were also found by law enforcement throughout the home, the statement says.