Texas mothers charged with leaving 6 kids in absolute squalor

Riccy Padilla-Hernandez, 28, and Yures Molina, 34, had been charged with endangering a toddler.

Two Texas moms had been charged for abandoning their six kids and leaving them in absolute squalor after the children had been discovered lined in grime, lice and so hungry that a 1-year-old resorted to consuming his personal feces, authorities mentioned.

Riccy Padilla-Hernandez, 28, and Yures Molina, 34, each of Houston, had been charged with endangering a toddler after the kids — all underneath age 10 — had been discovered dwelling in destitute circumstances, investigators mentioned, based on KPRC.

Padilla-Hernandez’s kids had been ages 2, 3 and seven and Molina’s kids had been ages 1, 8 and 9. It’s unclear whether or not the 2 girls had been buddies and/or kin, however they lived underneath the identical roof.

The kids had been found Wednesday after a upkeep employee reported to police that Padilla-Hernandez’s  2-year-old daughter was wandering close to a pool on the property, police mentioned. He mentioned the kid was barefoot and appeared unsupervised. When officers from the Houston Police Division arrived, the woman’s older brother led them to their condominium, the place the opposite 4 kids had been discovered.

In accordance with the police report, Molina’s 1-year-old son was present in his crib so hungry that he had eaten his personal excrement. Molina’s 9-year-old son was lined in grime and infested with lice, cops mentioned.

One in every of Padilla-Hernandez’s kids has particular wants and is unable to take care of himself, based on investigators.

Whereas officers had been responding, Padilla-Hernandez returned to the condominium. She advised police she was “doing her taxes” whereas she was out, police mentioned. 

Molina, who's reportedly seven months pregnant, was not current on the time.

The bond for the moms was set at $15,000 every, which that they had each posted by Friday, based on KPRC. They're anticipated to look in courtroom on Monday.

The kids had been positioned within the custody of Kids’s Protecting Providers.