A Marion County mother of three faces child neglect charges after deputies were called to a home and found three children alone.
Deputies found three children ages, 6, 5 and 2 years, inside the home.
According to deputies there was no air conditioning, rotting food, numerous roaches, small flies, maggots in the toilet and a full bathtub of discolored water.
The children told investigators that “mommy went shopping” but couldn’t tell the deputies when she left.
After about 90 minutes, 26-year-old Michelle Anne Colon, the mother of the children returned home.
Colon was placed under arrest and booked into the Marion County Jail. Â She was charged with three counts of child neglect.
Deputies said, the children were placed in the care of their father.
