From the Journal Gazette:

Four children between ages 2 and 7 were believed to be living alone for two days in a filthy home on Winter Street with no food, no running water and no parents.

Officers arrived at the house, located in the 2900 block, shortly before 9 p.m. Saturday to find the four children, ages 2, 4, 5 and 7, walking out a side door, according to a police report.

“They were wearing little clothing and had bags they were carrying,” the officer wrote. “We approached them and they stated that they had been left alone for the past two days without anyone to care for them and without anything to eat.”

Inside the house, police discovered a deplorable sight, according to the report. A sticky liquid was on the floors of the basement and the first-floor living area. The kitchen cupboards and refrigerator were bare, and there was no running water, police said.

On a table in the living room, officers found a partly eaten pan of lasagna, which was also spilled on the table and floor, and no eating utensils were found, police said.

Broken glass was scattered on the floor near the spilled lasagna and on the floor near the home’s downstairs bathroom, police said.

“There was so much debris on the floor that the floor could not be seen,” the officer wrote.

From the 911 dispatch log:  

.. well being ck on 4 s22s (2yoa-7yoa) that have been alone for last 2 days….thinks their mom is out doing s98/99…cp txing from <deleted>  & can’t talk w/ ofcr but thinks this should be taken care of 21:31:45

CP = complainant. 98 is prostitution. 99 is drugs.

[.. Police were able to locate the mother, but she told police that she was not going to return to the home.

“(The mother) at no time asked about the condition or wellbeing of her children. She only stated that they would be better off until she can straighten herself out,” the officer wrote.

The children’s father was also contacted and he told police that he had taken the children some lasagna and had bought them some new coats, but he did not stay at the house or take the children with him, police said.

The father was also arrested on an active warrant for a probation violation, police said.

Officers removed the children from the home and transported them to Child Protective Services, police said. As of Saturday night, no arrests had been made in connection with the condition of the home or the children, according to the police report.

If anyone can locate where these kids are, I’ve got a few hundred bucks I’d throw in for some Christmas presents.

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