2 children rescued from filthy home that 'smelled like death,' told cops they had never gone to school: Police

Two Texas men are down bars aft constabulary recovered 2 young children successful their home, which allegedly "smelled similar death."

John Robbins, 68, and Michael Robbins, 34, were arrested connected May 22 and charged with child endangerment aft constabulary were called to their location successful effect to calls from neighbors astir the odor. According to an affidavit obtained by section CBS affiliate KWTX, officers from the Temple Police Department responded to the home connected May 20 and smelled a foul odor earlier they went inside. One officer, according to the tribunal documents, noted that it "smelled similar death."

Police said determination were flies buzzing astir the property, and erstwhile nary 1 answered the door, they believed idiosyncratic had died inside.

After nary 1 responded to the police, the officers got wrong the location and encountered John Robbins and Michael Robbins, who had been coming to the door. As the officers began surveying the information of the home, they said the full household was "completely filled with rotting garbage connected the level and surfaces."

The officers yet made their mode to the home's bathroom, wherever they recovered 2 children, ages 8 and 10, successful a bathtub that was half-filled with soiled water. According to police, the children had matted hairsbreadth that was infested with bugs. When they got dressed, their covering was soiled and covered successful nutrient stains. Police said the children smelled of "urine, feces, assemblage odor, and stagnant water." One of the children had rotting teeth.

When constabulary spoke to the children, they said they had ne'er gone to schoolhouse and could not work oregon write. They besides said the Robbinses were not feeding them, and the children had to instrumentality attraction of each other. Police had the children transported to a hospital.

According to the affidavit, further probe of the location revealed the beingness of carnal feces, maggots and different insect enactment successful the sink, and rotting nutrient connected the counter. Police said determination were nary cleanable surfaces successful the full home.

The narration betwixt the Robbins men and the 2 children was instantly disclosed.

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KWTX reported that the neighbour who reported the odor coming from the Robbins location was studying to beryllium a mortician and recognized the smell. Another neighbour told the presumption that she would perceive 1 of the children playing by herself successful the backyard aft dark.

John Robbins and Michael Robbins were some charged with 2 counts of endangering oregon abandoning a kid and are successful custody astatine the Bell County Jail, wherever they are being held connected $60,000 bond. Their adjacent tribunal day was not available.