Sheriff Says 3 Kids Found ‘Basically Abandoned’ for Years at Suburban Detroit Home

Sheriff Says 3 Kids Found ‘Basically Abandoned’ for Years at Suburban Detroit Home
Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard speaks during a news conference in Pontiac, Mich., on Feb. 1, 2018. Max Ortiz/Detroit News via AP
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DETROIT—Donations of clothes and money are pouring in for three children who were “basically abandoned” by their mother for years, living alone in a suburban Detroit home among trash and feces, a sheriff said Tuesday.

“You wouldn’t do this to an animal let alone your child,” Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard said.