Five children have been found living in a filthy home brimming with trash, dog feces and urine-soaked beds, police in Florida have said.
One of the children begged to be given a new family and opened his mouth to reveal a set of rotten teeth when investigators went inside the home in Orlando, according to a police report.
Their mother, Yolander Lasane, 45, has been charged with child neglect after her children, aged 5, 9, 12, 15 and 17, are believed to have been living in the sickening conditions for several years.
Photographs show clothing and trash strewn about the house, black mold and rotting wood in the kitchen and an insect-filled bathroom with a broken toilet, sink and bathtub.
Animal feces was also found over floors and walls, according to the police report.
Police were called to the home by a Department of Children and Family worker, who told officers that she was concerned Lasane's 17-year-old child had not been home in three weeks.
The teenager had never been reported missing and Lasane told authorities that she was troublesome and had been 'sleeping around', and did not think she had to report her missing.