An Oregon woman was arrested last week after police found her 11-year-old son, who is low-functioning and non-verbal, unsupervised in the home filled with excrement, rotting garbage, and piles of clothes and trash.
Ruby Itzayana Godina-Velador, 32, was charged with three counts of criminal mistreatment, KATU reported.
Police were initially called when the boy did not go to school that day and a 9-year-old sibling was not picked up after school, court documents say. A family member asked for a welfare check, but no one answered the door, and the family member requested to file a missing persons report, according to KOIN.
Later, however, a neighbor called to say she could hear the boy moving around inside the apartment. Again, no one answered the door when police responded, but this time they made an emergency entrance.
They found feces smeared on the walls, floor, and an air conditioning unit, and the home smelled overwhelmingly of urine, feces, and rotted garbage.
The boy was sitting naked on a couch, watching videos on his phone. His mother was not in the room, but police found her in another room, not wearing pants.
Police said Godina-Velador got dressed and was taken into custody. She was later released on her own recognizance but failed to appear at her arraignment on Wednesday.
According to KGW, she missed a second court hearing, and a warrant was issued for her arrest.
It’s unclear where either of the children are now.
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