Victoria Kanger, 35, of Florida was charged with child neglect on Thursday. Police removed her two children, ages 5 and 14, from her ‘disgusting’ home
Florida police removed two children from a ‘disgusting’ home covered in feces and fleas after a five-year-old girl showed deputies three dead dogs in their freezer.
Victoria Kanger, 35, was arrested on Thursday and charged with child neglect, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office.
Sheriff’s deputies checking Kanger’s home found the three dead puppies in her freezer, while the rest of the house was covered in filth and cockroaches.
The five-year-old girl and her 14-year-old sibling were promptly removed from the home after authorities called the state Department of Children and Families.
Both children are staying with other family members.
Deputies said they found heaps of trash inside the home, and were overwhelmed by the odor of urine and feces.
When the deputies entered the home, their lower pant legs were covered in fleas.
Authorities said that’s when the five-year-old girl who was found sitting on a couch crawling with roaches directed the deputies to the dogs in the freezer.
When the deputies entered the home (pictured), their lower pant legs were covered in fleas. Authorities said that’s when the five-year-old girl who was found sitting on a couch crawling with roaches directed the deputies to the dogs in the freezer
Kanger told authorities she froze the dogs because she didn’t have a shovel to bury them.
According to WKMG, the investigation into the living conditions at the home began in October when deputies received a tip that Kanger was neglecting her two children.
‘It is disgusting, non-livable for a 5-year-old (girl). I mean, there’s poop all over the floor, there’s piles of clothes, there’s roaches. She’s had lice for the past eight months,’ a woman is heard telling 911.
According to a police affidavit obtained by WKMG, there were two dogs and ‘numerous’ cats living in the home.
But deputies said the litter box was so dirty that it was impossible for the cats to use it.
There was also an infestation of cockroaches, according to the affidavit. The deputy said the insects were swarming fresh feces on the floor and appeared to have no fear of humans.
There was also an infestation of cockroaches, according to the affidavit. The deputy said the insects were swarming fresh feces on the floor and appeared to have no fear of humans. Kanger is pictured in court last week
A family friend told the station that the home was in bad shape because Kanger had the flu. Kanger (pictured in court last week) is being held on a $2,500 bond and was ordered not to have unsupervised visits with the children
According to WKMG, the pests would crawl on Kanger or her daughter and both nonchalantly brushed the bugs off.
The girl also seemed unfazed when she stepped in roach-covered animal feces on the floor with her bare feet, authorities said.
A family friend told the station that the home was in bad shape because Kanger had the flu.
‘Anybody’s who has been sick, knows you can’t get up,’ the friend said.
Kanger is being held on a $2,500 bond and was ordered not to have unsupervised visits with the children.