PONTIAC, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office is collecting donations for three kids after officials rescued them from “absolute squalor” in a Pontiac home over the weekend and arrested their 34-year-old mother for allegedly abandoning them.
The sheriff’s office said they are collecting new or gently-used donations at their headquarters and at the Pontiac substation:
- 12-year-old girl: clothing size 12, girls shoe size 6 ½
- 13-year-old girl: clothing size 14, shoe size 7
- 15-year-old boy: medium men’s clothing size, men’s size 9 shoe
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According to the sheriff’s office, the mother was arrested after allegedly abandoning a 15-year-old boy, a 13-year-old girl and a 12-year-old girl for at least four years.
Officials say the mother left them in squalor and dropped off weekly meals to them.