24-year-old Brittany Mugrauer was charged with two counts of child welfare endangerment.
Her children were discovered Thursday in a cave by deputy sheriffs investigating a possible auto parts "chop shop" outside Kansas City, according to the Jackson County prosecutor's off
The four-year-old child was using hands while eating a cup of dry ramen noodles with dirt, investigators said. The other child, six, told the detectives that he was supposed to enter first grade at school but he didn't.
The children were not wearing any shoes, saying that didn't have any. The investigators also didn't find any drinkable water in the cave.
@JacksonCountyMO prosecutors are asking for a $75k bond in Brittany Mugrauer's child neglect case. pic.twitter.com/lQ7A8YeR2W
— Andres Gutierrez (@AFGutierrez) September 13, 2015
There were only vehicle bench seats, two small blankets, trash and thin wires in the crater, which was missing one side and surrounded by car parts, the probable cause statement said, as cited by AP.
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