Texas man charged after young children found in squalid home
A 31-year-old man has been charged with child endangerment after police found his four young children alone in his squalid Dallas apartment.
Police say Robert Preston’s children were ages 5 or younger and appeared to have had “limited contact” with the outside world. Investigators say the boys seemed to communicate using “gesturing and screams.”
Affidavit: Kids found in ‘filthy’ home, where sink water ‘smelled like a dead animal’
An affidavit says the apartment was unfurnished, strewn with liquor bottled and reeking of feces. Police say they found the oven on and a malnourished puppy in a closet.
Preston is being held in Dallas County Jail. Court records show he’s also charged with a probation violation, for which no bond is allowed.
Preston’s court-appointed lawyer did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Associated Press.
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