FLINT TOWNSHIP, MI - A woman in Michigan has been charged after her two children with special needs were allegedly left home alone for days, living in filth with no edible food in sight.
Officers responded to a welfare check called in by a concerned neighbor at a home in Flint Township in Genesee County on Wednesday, February 18, according to a statement and bodycam footage shared on Facebook by the Flint Township Police Department (FTPD).
The officers arrived to find two children with special needs alone in the home with no edible food.
Police further said one of the children was so hungry that they were attempting to eat "raw, spoiled meat," and the other was found curled up on the floor, PEOPLE reported.
The bodycam footage shows layers of trash covering the floors of the home, overturned furniture, and a running faucet. Police can be heard stating that one of the children was covered in feces. Police also said that feces were smeared along the walls at a child's height and that there were no clean clothes, according to FOX2.
Police said investigators soon confirmed that the children had been left alone by their mother, whom has been identified as Krystal Farmer, "for days."
"While her children endured filth, hunger and fear, she prioritized herself over their safety, abandoning them to survive on their own," the FTPD wrote in their statement. Farmer has been charged with multiple felonies on February 20, including child abandonment, child abuse, and lying to an officer during a violent crime investigation.
"For children with special needs, routine is security. Familiar voices, predictable schedules, and steady care are what make the world feel manageable," Flint Township police said in a Facebook post.
"Strip that away, and even a short disruption can feel overwhelming. In that house, hours stretched into days. Hunger and thirst set in, and confusion turned into fear. No meals at set times, no bedtime routine, no adult guidance magnified every sound, every shadow, every moment of uncertainty."
Assistant Police Chief Steve Dolnut said these cases are some of the hardest to deal with. "You go home and you pray and you say God give me the strength to get through this," he said.
"And you hate to take it home to your husband or wife and they ask what’s wrong ? Cause it wasn’t just another day and you hug your kids, you hug your wife. There’s times it brings you to tears because these are helpless kids and what’s the hells wrong with people ? How can you do that?"
Officers responded to a welfare check called in by a concerned neighbor at a home in Flint Township in Genesee County on Wednesday, February 18, according to a statement and bodycam footage shared on Facebook by the Flint Township Police Department (FTPD).
The officers arrived to find two children with special needs alone in the home with no edible food.
Police further said one of the children was so hungry that they were attempting to eat "raw, spoiled meat," and the other was found curled up on the floor, PEOPLE reported.
The bodycam footage shows layers of trash covering the floors of the home, overturned furniture, and a running faucet. Police can be heard stating that one of the children was covered in feces. Police also said that feces were smeared along the walls at a child's height and that there were no clean clothes, according to FOX2.
Police said investigators soon confirmed that the children had been left alone by their mother, whom has been identified as Krystal Farmer, "for days."
"While her children endured filth, hunger and fear, she prioritized herself over their safety, abandoning them to survive on their own," the FTPD wrote in their statement. Farmer has been charged with multiple felonies on February 20, including child abandonment, child abuse, and lying to an officer during a violent crime investigation.
"For children with special needs, routine is security. Familiar voices, predictable schedules, and steady care are what make the world feel manageable," Flint Township police said in a Facebook post.
"Strip that away, and even a short disruption can feel overwhelming. In that house, hours stretched into days. Hunger and thirst set in, and confusion turned into fear. No meals at set times, no bedtime routine, no adult guidance magnified every sound, every shadow, every moment of uncertainty."
Assistant Police Chief Steve Dolnut said these cases are some of the hardest to deal with. "You go home and you pray and you say God give me the strength to get through this," he said.
"And you hate to take it home to your husband or wife and they ask what’s wrong ? Cause it wasn’t just another day and you hug your kids, you hug your wife. There’s times it brings you to tears because these are helpless kids and what’s the hells wrong with people ? How can you do that?"
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