沒人性! 美國一對夫妻竟給自己的3個孩子注射海洛因!

A young couple in the US state of Washington are accused of injecting three young children with heroin to "make them go to sleep".

日前，美國華盛頓一對年輕夫婦被指控給自己三個年幼的孩子注射海洛因，其原因是想讓他們“睡覺”。

Police say Ashlee Hutt and Mac Leroy McIver were found living with three children, aged six, four and two, among rat droppings, drug needles and heroin.

據警方表示，阿什莉·赫特和麥克·勒羅伊·麥基弗共育有三個孩子（分別6歲、4歲和2歲大），他們終日和老鼠屎、毒品注射針頭和海洛因生活在一起。

Ms Hutt appeared in court last Monday and faces child endangerment charges. Mr McIver faces similar charges. The three children were removed from the home last November.

上週一，阿什莉·赫特出現在法庭，她面臨着危害兒童的指控，而麥克·勒羅伊·麥基弗也面臨着同樣的指控。去年十一月，這三個孩子就已經從那個家中被接走了。

Pierce County Sheriff's Department spokesman Ed Troyer told The Washington Post: "The kids lived in deplorable conditions. It wasn't a good living situation even without the issue of heroin."

皮爾斯郡警局發言人埃德·特羅耶向《華盛頓郵報》透露稱：“孩子們曾經生活在及其惡劣的環境之下。即使撇開海洛因的問題不論，那兒也談不上是一個好的居住環境。”

according to court documents, the six-year-old told investigators the couple gave him "feel good medicine" which he described "as white powder which was mixed with water" and injected with needles.

根據法庭文件顯示，那名6歲的孩子對調查人員表示，他的父母給了他一種讓他“感覺很好的藥物”，據其描述那藥物是“白色的粉末，和水混在一起”，然後用針頭注射到身體裏。

Two of the children tested positive for the drug, and puncture marks and bruising, consistent with needle injections were also found on the children's bodies, according to reports.

據報道，其中兩個孩子的毒品檢測呈陽性，還在身上發現了刺傷和擦傷。此外，孩子們身上還發現了另外一些符合針頭注射毒品的痕跡。

Both Ms Hutt and Mr McIver have pleaded not guilty to the charges, though they both admitted to being heroin users.

阿什莉·赫特和麥克·勒羅伊·麥基弗都拒不認罪，但是兩人都承認自己確實吸食海洛因。