FENTRESS COUNTY, Tenn. (WVLT) - The parents accused of starving two adopted children in Fentress County have pleaded guilty to aggravated child abuse and neglect.

Jason and Jessica Klimp were charged in February 2024 after one of their adopted children was treated at a hospital for malnourishment. The victim was believed to be six years old, but it was found she was actually 12 years old after she was taken to East Tennessee Children’s Hospital.

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Investigators later found that the victim and her biological sister, who were two of the Klimps’ four adopted children in addition to their four other biological children, were forced to sleep in totes in a 60-degree basement without blankets as p

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