An Oklahoma couple was arrested this month after their two young sons were found covered in feces in a home so bad that police said authorities were forced to wear protective gear to enter.
On September 12, three children under the age of five were rescued from the disturbed home and suspects Dakota Dodd, 24, and Aubrianna Freeman, 22, were taken into custody on suspicion of child abuse.
Oklahoma City police said officers arrived at the home after receiving a call from a concerned neighbor and were led by Dodd to a bedroom where they found the two boys, ages 3 and 4, covered in dried feces.
“There was excrement on the walls, excrement on the children. It was just a disgusting sight,” said Sergeant Gary Knight with the Oklahoma City Police Department. He told KOCO.
“Once inside, officers stated they were nearly overwhelmed by the odor of feces and urine within the residence.”
According to the police report, the young victims had “feces smeared on their nail beds, palms, feet, legs and faces.” Obtained by law and crime.
According to the report, the report detailed dire conditions throughout the home, including “piles of what appeared to be human waste” on the second floor and a bedroom floor “covered in piles of smeared, even-leveled human waste.”
KOCO reported that conditions were so bad that investigators wore protective gear while investigating the crime scene.
Dodd, the boys' stepfather, allegedly admitted to police that he locked the children in a filthy room for more than 12 hours each day so their mother, Freeman, could sleep and “to keep the neighborhood safe.” As News 9 reported, Citing the police report.
Dodd's biological daughter, an 11-month-old girl, was also taken from the home, the station reported.
A neighbor who reported the suspected abuse told News 9 she saw the naked boys at her window.
“They looked at me as if to say help me,” Barbara North said.
“Their faces, hands and mouths would have been covered in poop,” North added.
Dodd and Freeman were charged with five counts of child abuse, Law & Crime magazine reported.
