Missouri mom charged after children found living in wooden crate in underground cave | Fox News

By | September 15, 2015

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A 24-year-old mother is in custody after her dirty, barefoot 4- and 6-year-old children were found living in a wooden shipping crate in an underground cave in Kansas City, Missouri.The woman was charged Friday with two counts of felony child endangerment.Jackson County detectives were serving a search warrant for an alleged stolen car operation in the caves on the city’s east side Thursday when they found the children, alone, in the 8-by-10-foot crate furnished with vehicle bench seats.Prosecutors say the children were poorly clothed, barefoot and covered in dirt, and the younger one was eating from a cup of dry ramen noodles.A spokesman for the Jackson County prosecutor’s office said Saturday he didn’t know if the woman has an attorney

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