the children's mother, ina rogers, who was arrested for neglect, says she called 9-1-1 and later explained the mess. >> that fear sets in, like my isn might be missing, so i ripped up my whole house. i tore everything out of the closet. i lifted up their beds. >> reporter: the boy was not in the house and was found by n lice in the neighborhood. but once officers went inside the home, they became concerned. they discovered nine more children ranging in age from four months to 11 years old and placed all ten in protective custody. ate children's father, jonathan allen, is charged with seven counts of torture and nine counts of abuse. >> the children described incidents of intentional abuse resulting in puncture wounds, burns, bruising, injuries isnsistent with being shot with a pellet gun or a bb gun. >> reporter: allegations rogers renies. >> i love my children. my husband loves his children. ha does have a lot of tattoos caryhe looks scary, so it's very s ay to think that he's a