7 Kids Found ‘Alone’ in ‘Deplorable’ Wisconsin Apartment After a Week, with 'Feces and Urine Piling Up,' Police Say

Mar. 15, 2025

Seven children were found “left alone” in a Wisconsin apartment for a week after police received reports of them being unsupervised.

She added that the children ranged in ages from 2 to 13 years old, and police described the apartment conditions they found the kids in as “deplorable.”

“In this case, there were reports of garbage cans overflowing, broken toilets, feces and urine piling up, and just clothes strewn about,” Fryer said.

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Fryer explained that a neighbor had been dropping off food for the children outside the apartment door, per ABC affiliateWKOW.

CPS has placed the children in the care of a family friend, according toFOX 8.

No arrests or charges have been made in the case, per FOX 8.

Both the MPD and Dane County Child Protective Services did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment on March 9.

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source: people.com