By Charlie Wojciechowski, Jeff Goldblatt & BJ Lutz
NBCChicago.com
updated 9/11/2011 9:45:53 AM ET
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44461082/ns/local_news-chicago_il/More than 200 animals were rescued from a Berwyn home Thursday and Friday in a major case of animal hoarding discovered during the investigation of a teen boy's death.
Officials on Thursday were called to a home on the 2800 block of Lombard Avenue after a 14-year-old boy was reported to be unresponsive. The teen, Matthew Degner, later died at a hospital.
A Friday autopsy pointed to bronchopneumonia and his death was ruled natural, the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office said.
A law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation said three other teens -- between the ages of 12 and 17 -- also lived in the home. All were suffering from flu-like symptoms. They're now in the care of Department of Children and Family Services personnel and are receiving medical care and therapy.
A fourth person, an 18-year-old, remained in the hospital Friday night.
A DCFS spokesman said it's believed the children were kept in isolation.
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I am not sure what I think about this. But, I believe that the animals were treated better, (whatever that means) than the children.
Berwyn is a western suburb of Chicago
.How sad..