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The couple had adopted the children from an area of Peru where they worked as missionaries.

North Newton Police Chief Randy Jordan wiped back tears as he described what he saw when he was called to the Nachtigal’s home and the injuries to the boy, KSNW reported.

“They did find there was a healing broken bone in his arm, and when he said he got hit it hurt, he got hit hard,” Jordan said. The police chief previously said the Department for Children and Families received around a dozen reports from people concerned about the couple’s treatment of their adoptive children — some coming as early as 2014 — but none were forwarded to his department for investigation.