Mom keeps ditching her hungry kids at home with only frozen meat and canned foods to eat, leading them to knock on people's doors: Neighbors, cops

A Texas ma is accused of repeatedly leaving her 3 kids — ages 8, 2 and 1 — location unsocial with thing to devour except frozen nutrient and canned foods.

Neighbors archer section ABC affiliate KSAT they've seen Shaquita Evans' children wandering the streets alone, looking for nutrient connected aggregate occasions, sometimes successful the mediate of a schoolhouse day.

They've allegedly been feeding and giving h2o to the kids aft they "come up and ask," according to 1 resident.

Evans, 36, is charged with kid abandonment aft Bexar County sheriff's deputies investigated the family's surviving conditions and, they said, recovered she had near her children successful a location without accessible food.

A sound connected 1 resident's doorway reportedly led to the deputies' arrival. Evans' 8-year-old allegedly showed up asking for food, and the neighbour contacted authorities, according to KSAT.

An apprehension affidavit obtained by the TV presumption says sheriff's deputies conducted a payment cheque and recovered Evans' children location alone. The location was allegedly successful disarray, and deputies called Evans. She returned location and was arrested Sunday.

"Usually, I spot them moving astir with nary big supervision," neighbor Daniel Clough told KSAT. "Anything tin happen. As you know, the children tin get taken. They tin get wounded connected the street, and we person nary mode of contacting anybody."

Evans allegedly asked a pistillate to prevarication to constabulary and supply an alibi erstwhile investigators questioned her. She claimed she allowed her children to enactment location from schoolhouse occasionally and questioned wherefore it was adjacent indispensable to nonstop them, according to the affidavit.

"[The kids] travel up and … inquire for the h2o and food," Clough said. "So, you know, we we've fixed … immoderate stuff."

Evans remained successful the Bexar County Adult Detention Center connected Tuesday.