'Something isn't right': How neighbor called the police on man who 'held 12 girls aged six months to 18 in his home... Including 14-year-old Amish child who was gifted to him'

Neighbors said they had a feeling that something wasn't right at the Pennsylvania home where Lee Kaplan allegedly kept 12 girls aged between six months and 18 years old 

A neighbor said she felt 'something isn't right' at the home where a man allegedly kept a house full of 12 girls. 

Lee Kaplan was arrested on Thursday after police found the supposed captives - aged from six months to 18 years - at his house in Festerville, Pennsylvania.

The 51-year-old is accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl who was gifted to him by Amish parents and fathering two children with an 18-year-old who was also living at the property.

Jen Betz of Feasterville, Pennsylvania, said she called authorities because was concerned about the young girls she saw at the property.

She said the house had boarded windows and high weeds.

'They're so sad and fearful every time I see them. That's what made me call,' she said Saturday. 

'I've been telling my husband for years 'Something isn't right, something isn't right.''  

Kaplan faces charges including statutory sexual assault, unlawful contact with a minor, and aggravated indecent assault.

The eldest, who is 18, told police that she and Kaplan have a three-year-old and a six-month-old. 

District Attorney David Heckler said the parents of the girl Kaplan is accused of assaulting told police they were going to lose their farm until Kaplan 'came out of the blue and saved them from financial ruin.'

Authorities allege in an affidavit that the girl's father told an officer he gave his 14-year-old daughter to Kaplan after researching the legality of such an action online.

On Saturday, police and dogs scoured the home's backyard for evidence. Lt. Ted Krimmel of the Lower Southampton police department said authorities waited until dawn so they would be able to search the property in daylight.

'We have a search warrant for the entire property,' he said. 'There are dogs searching for evidence.'

Krimmel said officials are trying to verify who the parents of the other children found at the home are. The teenager's parents told police the other nine girls in the house were their children, but no birth certificates or Social Security cards could be located to confirm that, he said.

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Kaplan, 51, is accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl who was gifted to him by Amish parents and fathering two children with an 18-year-old who was living at the property (pictured) 

When police entered the home Thursday, 'all the children were running around,' Krimmel said. 'Some were hiding. They were well-behaved, but scared.'

The oldest girl's father, Daniel Stoltzfus, is charged with conspiracy of statutory sexual assault and children endangerment. 

His wife, Savilla Stoltzfus, is charged with endangering the welfare of a child.

The couple and Kaplan were being held in lieu of $1 million bail. Court documents don't list attorneys for them.

WPVI--TV reported that the Stoltzfuses 19-year-old son, John, told the station at the house Friday night that his folks are 'good parents.'

Heckler said the children apparently did not attend school and it was unclear if they had ever been to a doctor, but they didn't appear to be in bad health and showed no visible signs of trauma.

Amish parents Daniel (left), 43, and Savilla Stoltzfus (right), 42, are accused of giving their daughter to Kaplan because their farm was in financial trouble 

Another neighbor, Bob Greenfield, said Kaplan seemed 'weird' and he now wishes that he also had called authorities.

'You knew something was wrong,' he said. 'It makes you feel bad. If I had said something a while ago, they would have come earlier.'

The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that the Stoltzfuses were born into the Amish faith, but renounced it amid a long fight with community elders, according to a federal lawsuit they filed in 2009 against their former church. The lawsuit, which was dismissed later that year, said they operated a metalworking business on their property.

Heckler said the children are now together in protective custody.