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diehardblue

(11,134 posts)
Mon Feb 17, 2025, 05:28 PM Feb 2025

Mother allegedly abandons children for years in 'deplorable' conditions: Authorities [View all]

Source: ABC news

A Michigan mother was arrested on Friday for allegedly abandoning her children for several years, leaving them in deplorable conditions, according to the Oakland County Sheriff's Department.

The 34-year-old woman from Pontiac, Michigan, deserted her three children, a 15-year-old boy and two daughters ages 12 and 13, for approximately four to five years, "leaving them to live alone in absolute squalor," officials said.

"Throughout my extensive career in this field, I have never encountered a scenario as dire and prolonged as this one, involving abandonment, neglect and abuse of the highest order," Sheriff Michael J. Bouchard said in a statement.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/mother-allegedly-abandons-children-years-deplorable-conditions-authorities/story?id=118891678

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Bad link - goes to the post page for LBN. Ocelot II Feb 2025 #1
Try this More_Cowbell Feb 2025 #2
Thanks! Ocelot II Feb 2025 #7
Thanks! diehardblue Feb 2025 #3
Try this Diamond_Dog Feb 2025 #5
Your link JustAnotherGen Feb 2025 #4
What kind of landlord doesn't check flvegan Feb 2025 #6
And people were dropping off food to the kids Johnny2X2X Feb 2025 #8
You've never been to Pontiac JoseBalow Feb 2025 #9
The Landlord stopped getting rent checks in October and hadn't seen her. He called for a welfare check. chowder66 Feb 2025 #10
That's how you get a slumlord's attention JoseBalow Feb 2025 #11
And remember, gays are not allowed to adopt in that state. OldBaldy1701E Feb 2025 #12
In Michigan? Polybius Feb 2025 #13
To be honest, I may be getting ahead of myself. OldBaldy1701E Feb 2025 #14
The state sites say there is no 'restriction'. OldBaldy1701E Feb 2025 #15
That isn't true at all obamanut2012 Feb 2025 #19
Good Lord! Where were the school authorities? Do the children have cognitive issues that LoisB Feb 2025 #16
They shouldn't name the witch in this particular case. cab67 Feb 2025 #20
I saw the name issue - I was just enraged when I typed that. I agree about the extended LoisB Feb 2025 #22
It is because we've been trained as the public to not give a damn about each other the conservative value system Stargazer99 Feb 2025 #23
Sadly, I have to agree with you. LoisB Feb 2025 #26
Think about the ages when she abandoned them: colorado_ufo Feb 2025 #17
My kids always knew they had a safe shelter at home RazorbackExpat Feb 2025 #18
These children are going to be dealing with this for the rest of their lives. cab67 Feb 2025 #21
Where is the father? iemanja Feb 2025 #24
he might if they can find him. cab67 Feb 2025 #27
see update below cab67 Feb 2025 #29
Thanks iemanja Feb 2025 #30
It's really hard to be against capital punishment sometimes. LudwigPastorius Feb 2025 #25
UPDATE about the childrens' father - cab67 Feb 2025 #28
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