Courtesy: Vero Beach Police Department VERO BEACH, Fla. - Two children are in the custody of the Department of Families and Children after a naked toddler found wandering outside alone led officers to a home littered with trash, urine, fecal matter and mold.
According to the Vero Beach Police Department, a neighbor contacted authorities shortly after 1 p.m. on Wednesday because an unclothed four-year-old girl had wandered into her yard alone.Officers arriving on the scene were told by other neighbors that they saw the child leaving a nearby home about 45 minutes earlier by herself.
Police say they went to the child's home and found the girl’s parents, Michael and Chrystal Slosson, and a nine-year-old inside.
The parents told officers that the girl must have climbed out a window after they put her down for a nap. While speaking with the Slosson’s, officers say they smelled strong odors of urine and feces coming from inside the home.