2 special needs kids allegedly left alone ‘for days’, police find one eating spoiled meat

FLINT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WKRC) – Two special needs children were found alone inside a Flint Township home in what police described as unsanitary conditions after a neighbor called 911 for a welfare check.

Officers responded Feb. 18 to a home in Genesee County and found the children living amid trash with no edible food available, according to the Flint Township Police Department. Police said one child was attempting to eat “raw, spoiled meat,” while the other was curled up on the floor.

Two special needs children were found alone inside a Flint Township home in what police described as unsanitary conditions after a neighbor called 911 for a welfare check.{ }{ }(Flint Township Police Department)

Body camera footage released by the department showed trash covering the floors, overturned furniture and a running faucet. Officers could be heard saying one child was covered in feces.

Investigators said the children had been left alone by their mother, identified as Krystal Farmer, “for days.”

“Days without supervision. Days without care. Days without protection,” reads part of the police post. “Their mother, the person who should have been their fiercest protector, the one voice meant to calm their fears and meet their needs, walked away. No caregiver stepping in, no safeguards. Just absence. For children who rely so heavily on stability that kind of abandonment is not just neglect, it is a rupture of trust at the deepest level.”

Two special needs children were found alone inside a Flint Township home in what police described as unsanitary conditions after a neighbor called 911 for a welfare check.{ }{ }(Flint Township Police Department)

On Feb. 20, the Genesee County Prosecutor’s Office authorized multiple felony charges against Farmer, including two counts of felony child abandonment and several counts of second-degree child abuse, along with one count of lying to a peace officer during a violent crime investigation.

Police credited the neighbor’s call with prompting the response.

“Lives were forever changed, and it started with a single phone call,” the department wrote. “Because one neighbor cared enough to dial 911, two small children with special needs are alive today.”