没人性! 美国一对夫妻竟给自己的3个孩子注射海洛因!

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，美国华盛顿一对年轻夫妇被指控给自己三个年幼的孩子注射海洛因，其原因是想让他们“睡觉”。

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.

据警方表示，阿什莉·赫特和麦克·勒罗伊·麦基弗共育有三个孩子（分别6岁、4岁和2岁大），他们终日和老鼠屎、毒品注射针头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.

上周一，阿什莉·赫特出现在法庭，她面临着危害儿童的指控，而麦克·勒罗伊·麦基弗也面临着同样的指控。去年十一月，这三个孩子就已经从那个家中被接走了。

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."

皮尔斯郡警局发言人埃德·特罗耶向《华盛顿邮报》透露称：“孩子们曾经生活在及其恶劣的环境之下。即使撇开海洛因的问题不论，那儿也谈不上是一个好的居住环境。”

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.

根据法庭文件显示，那名6岁的孩子对调查人员表示，他的父母给了他一种让他“感觉很好的药物”，据其描述那药物是“白色的粉末，和水混在一起”，然后用针头注射到身体里。

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.

据报道，其中两个孩子的毒品检测呈阳性，还在身上发现了刺伤和擦伤。此外，孩子们身上还发现了另外一些符合针头注射毒品的痕迹。

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

阿什莉·赫特和麦克·勒罗伊·麦基弗都拒不认罪，但是两人都承认自己确实吸食海洛因。