Michigan mother accused of abandoning 3 children in squalor is charged with child abuse
The Pontiac, Michigan, woman who is accused of abandoning her three children to live in squalor for years was charged Wednesday with felony child abuse.
The Pontiac, Michigan, woman who is accused of abandoning her three children to live in squalor for years was charged Wednesday with felony child abuse.
Court records show Kelli Bryant, 34, was charged with three counts of first-degree child abuse. Though prosecutors initially declined to identify, Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald disclosed Bryant's name in announcing the charges Wednesday.
McDonald told reporters that her office would also represent the Department of Health and Human Services in terminating Bryant's parental rights.
"We are simultaneously prosecuting the criminal case against mom and ... neglect proceeding pertaining to the kids," McDonald said. "We will be asking our client, the Department of Health and Human Services, to file a petition to terminate her rights.”
Court records do not list an attorney for Bryant, who was in the county jail Wednesday.
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