Mark Shorten said he planned to build a house on a wooded lot near Houston before he and his wife were arrested for embezzlement in 2010. Child welfare officials took custody of his children earlier this week after the siblings -- a 5-year-old boy and 11-year-old girl -- were found living in the dilapidated bus at the end of a muddy, one-lane road in Splendora, home to one of the poorest school districts in the state.

A Montgomery Count sheriff's deputy walks away from an old school bus where two children were found living on their own Wednesday in Spendora, Texas. An 11-year-old girl is said to be living in the bus with her five-year-old brother. Both of the children's parents are in prison, officials said.
The postal carrier saw the kids Wednesday near Houston, and the two were swiftly placed in foster care while authorities investigate.
"The little girl's hair was just matted, like a stray dog's," Vanessa Picazo said.
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