After her mother abandoned them, three children lived alone in Pontiac, Michigan for years. It was found in a 4-foot tall, human waste and trash-filled home at the Oakland County Sheriff's Office. I said.
Deputies were called to a home in the 600 block of Lydia Lane on Friday, authorities said.
The children were taken to hospital for evaluation, authorities said, adding that their clothes were dirty and their hair was crushed. Their toenails were a few inches long, making it difficult for them to walk, and the sheriff's office said that the children were unfamiliar with personal hygiene products and didn't know how to clean the toilet He added that it appears to have happened.
The landlord contacted the authorities without hearing from his mother since December, thinking something must have happened, adding that the sheriff's office hadn't been paid rent since October.
Deputies discovered that three brothers, a 15-year-old boy and two girls, 13- and 12-year-olds, were living in illegal squatters, the sheriff's office said.
Authorities added that the garbage had been loaded into several rooms by four feet, with mold and human waste found throughout the house. The toilets were found overflowing and feces were found in the bathtub, authorities said, adding that the scene had been disposed by evidential technicians wearing dangerous supplies suits.
Image source: Oakland County (Michigan) Sheriff's Office, Composite
The boy said he and his sisters have lived alone since he and his sisters abandoned them in 2020 or 2021. WJBK-TV reported When the kids started living alone, the kids would have only been 11, 9, 8.
The children lived in food left in porches with mothers and strangers each week, authorities added that the mothers would not leave toilet paper or personal hygiene products. The mother had been in contact with the boy, the sheriff's office said, but it appears she hadn't seen the girl in years.
The sheriff's office said the children had not attended school since abandonment, and they spent time watching TV and playing games. Authorities said the girls also apparently not outside the house in a few years.
The boy slept on a mattress on the floor while the girls were sleeping on pizza boxes, the sheriff's office said.
The children were taken to hospital for evaluation, authorities said, adding that their clothes were dirty and their hair was crushed. Their toenails were a few inches long, making it difficult for them to walk, and the sheriff's office said that the children were unfamiliar with personal hygiene products and didn't know how to clean the toilet He added that it appears to have happened.
Neighbors said they didn't know that their children lived alone in the house and had never seen them outside, but they saw their mother dropping things out, authorities said.
Child Protective Services put the children under the control of relatives, authorities said.
The 34-year-old mother was found elsewhere and was arrested safely, the sheriff's office added that she hadn't been identified because she shares the same name with one of her children. The mother, who told authorities his father was not involved in their lives, is in custody at the Oakland County Jail.
The sheriff's office did not say why the mother abandoned the child or what she was doing when she wasn't home, WJBK reported.
“Through my extensive career in this field, I have never encountered such a miserable and prolonged scenario, and I can't stand animals and completely unacceptable for my three children. Young. The girl has been deprived of her interaction with her mother and has not been educated for years. The widespread consequences of this abuse must be acknowledged. We present this case to the prosecutor. , I look forward to ensuring she faces the consequences of her actions.”
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