When an officer reached the home after receiving a call from a concerned neighbor, the 11-year-old daughter opened the door with her three younger siblings behind her and naked. The officer noted, 'I was hit with the smell of cat urine, rotting food and feces.' It was 'difficult to stand in the doorway because the stench originating from inside the apartment was burning my nostrils.'
The living room and kitchen had trash, dirt and moldy food sprawled across the floor, with the kitchen floor littered with human and cat feces, according to the warrant. The only items in the fridge were expired milk and a bottle of juice, highlighting the neglect the children were subjected to.
The conditions inside the apartment were described as horrendous, exemplified by 'the children, however, entered this bedroom without issue.' The officer believed the children had become nose blind to the awful stench, indicating the horrifying normalization of their living conditions.
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