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MARIANNA -- A Marianna couple was arrested Saturday night on child abuse charges, after their children were found living in roach-infested, trash-filled rooms with no furniture.

Shane Christopher Ratliff, 33, and Constance Ratliff, 24, were arrested and each charged with two counts of aggravated child abuse and one count of child abuse, according to a news release from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies and officials with the Department of Children and Family Services responded to the couple’s residence on Callaway Street around 11:48 p.m. in reference to a child abuse complaint, the news release said.

When they arrived, deputies found three children, ages 2, 3 and 4 -- two of whom were locked in different bedrooms by make-shift cage-like doors.

The two children were lying on the floor with no beds or furniture, and both rooms were infested with roaches and strewn with trash. The rest of the house was infested with roaches and cat feces, the news release said.