A concerned citizen’s call to police in Flint Township, Michigan, uncovered a case of horrific abuse and neglect. When officers arrived at the home for a welfare check, they found a filthy home and two young children living in squalor. Sadly, it appears their mother, Krystal Farmer, left the children there not to live but to die. Farmer allegedly abandoned them to fend for themselves in a home filled with human waste and rotting food. Thankfully, the police saved these children, and they now have a chance at a better life.
Flint Township Police Department body camera footage from February 18, 2026, posted on social media captured the home’s deplorable conditions. As officers make their way through piles of trash and filth, a child appears seemingly out of nowhere.
“When officers crossed the threshold, it felt less like entering a home and more like stepping into abandonment itself. Trash covered the floors so thickly they couldn’t take a normal step. Every movement required careful tiptoeing through someone else’s neglect,” reads the caption on the video the department shared on Facebook. “A faucet ran endlessly, water spilling onto the floor like a forgotten fountain, the sound echoing through rooms that had gone far too long without adult presence. Feces were smeared along the walls at a child’s height — a heartbreaking sign of little hands left without guidance, without help.”
The children had no clean clothes or food. One child reportedly had tried to eat spoiled, rotten meat just to survive. The other hid in a bedroom as if wanting to disappear.
“In that house, hours stretched into days. Hunger and thirst set in, and confusion turned into fear,” the video’s caption reads. “No meals at set times, no bedtime routine, no adult guidance magnified every sound, every shadow, every moment of uncertainty.”
According to detectives, the children spent several days home alone. Farmer reportedly walked away, leaving them in filth, and cared for herself at a different location. Although this story is horrific, police gave it a positive spin, calling it a story of hope. Because of a neighbor’s kindness, these children have a chance at a life filled with love and protection.
“If you ever question whether making that call matters, remember this: because one neighbor acted, two children were rescued from conditions no human being should endure. See something. Say something. That single call made all the difference,” the police department’s video caption shared.
Farmer faces multiple charges of felony child abuse, child abandonment, and lying to a peace officer.
Her children didn’t deserve this kind of treatment. No one does. Perhaps a few days locked in the home she allegedly left her kids in will do her some good. She’ll have lots of stories to tell behind bars.
If you suspect child abuse, you can call the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-422-4453 (1-800-4-A-Child) or go to Childhelp.org. The hotline is available 24/7.
