We don’t usually create our own lists, but this one was too good to pass up. This is just 15 of the filthiest homes (in no particular order) we have come across in national headlines. Let this be a reminder that it’s never too early for spring cleaning or winter evictions.
- Martin County, Florida: 480-Pound Woman Dies After Six Years on Couch
- A woman dies after emergency workers try to remove her from a couch she had not been moved from in over 6 years. Other reports cite that the woman’s skin was actually grafted to the couch’s upholstery. Her cause of death was “morbid obesity” and died while still attached to the couch.
- Washington DC: Woman found in home with dead bodies of four youths
- Banita Jacks was charged with the murder of her four children (ages 5, 6, 11, and 17) after US Marshalls discovered the decomposing remains of her children on the second floor of her home. The US Marshalls found the bodies upon serving Jacks an eviction notice.
- August, Georgia: 46 pound woman found starved to death in home
- 30 year old Christine Baxter who was blind and deaf, was left in her home by her sister and brother-in-law. Baxter died of malnutrition. Her home was completely covered in cob-webs, trash and insects. Authorities said there were so many roaches on the walls that it appeared as if the walls were moving. The home was in such bad shape that it had to be demolished.
- Ocala, Florida: Feces ridden home with over 300 cats and 75 dogs
- Jonathan Terpstra was charged with animal cruelty after investigators discovered over 300 cats and 75 dogs, both dead and alive, on his property in Oscala. The investigators were given the tip by an air conditioner repair man who suspected something illegal going on in the home.
- Milton, Mass: House condemned after police find woman covered in excrement
- The home of Gail DeThomaso was discovered after police responded to a domestic violence compliant, only to find the two-story home filled with dozens of animals, cobwebs, filth, and the floors and walls were both encrusted with excrement. The police described the home as “an imminent threat to life, health and safety of occupants.” Apparently DeThomasa was immune to the filth, because the authorities had to wear biohazzard suits when removing the 28 cats, four dogs, two gerbils, one cockatiel and one hamster from the home.
- Petaluma, California: Woman kept at least 150 cats in a house she purchased exclusively for the cats to live in
- This story is utterly ridiculous because the home was purchased for the cats to live in. Each day, the owner, a 61 year old woman, would drive to the house in her Mercedes Benz in order feed the cats. She was eventually caught red-handed feeding the cats, and later admitted that things had gotten “out of hand.” Click here for more coverage.
- Salem, Oregon: Child porn search turns up dead puppies and children living in filth (story and pictures)
- Salem police showed up to the home with a search warrant for child porn and instead found Kevin and Sarah Deal, four children (ages 9, 15, 16, and 17), and 24 poodles running loose or in cages. Dog feces was found caked all over the home and garbage was found stacked all over the residence. To make matters worse, 8 deceased poodle were also found in the freezer of the home.
- Fairfield, Conn: Authorities remove 129 dogs from home
- Robin D’Urso was charged with animal cruelty after authorities discovered 129 dogs in her home. Neighbors filed 46 complaints before the home was finally investigated. D’Urso said she was running an animal rescue… now she’s in jail.
- Lexington, Kentucky: Rats invest upscale house overrun with garbage.
- A upscale house was condemned after it was found overcome by rats. The house contained piles of garbage strewn throughout the home which the rats were using for their daily diet. There were so many rodents living in the house that authorities had to set-up traps throughout the rest of the neighborhood in order to catch the rats that had escaped.
- Salt Lake City, Utah: Salt Lake county condemns filth-filled home
- Authorities investigating child abuse found more than they bargained for. Highlights from this one include a non-working refrigerator filled with food that was 2 years old, a single source of running water from a sink that was clogged, clothes, garbage, and fecal matter all over the floor and rooms, two dogs, two frogs, and a tarantula. The only thing that worked in the whole house was a video camera that monitored the front door. Upon arrest the tenant was sporting a t-shirt from the refrigerator repair business he worked for.
- Midford, Mass: Deplorable conditions inside apartment force authorities to condemn the entire building
- Authorities found this apartment ridden with insects (bedbugs, flies, waterbugs and maggots), dirty diapers, trash, and human body waste. There were even some rooms that the authorities wouldn’t enter because the filth was too much to take. Police described the conditions as some of the most disgusting conditions they had ever seen.
- Port St. Lucie, Florida: 3 kids removed from feces ridden home, Mom Arrested
- Jaileen Soliman (age 25) was arrested and charged with child neglect after authorities discovered that she left her 3 children (ages 10, 7, and 1) in the back room of her repulsive home. The children were found covered in both insect and dog bites. The home was found covered in garbage and animal excrement from the 7 cats, pit bull, bird, and pot-bellied pig
- West Deptford, Penn: Animal House
- Neighbors complained about the stench and flies they witnessed coming out of a home where authorities found 70 cats and 9 dogs roaming in and around the property. Hazmat crews were needed to investigate the home before exterminators were allowed into the property. A couple, who both were in their 60s, were also believed to be living in the home.
- Kent, New York: Woman who kept 24 pets in her apartment gets 6 months in jail
- Trudy Barnes earned an extra 6 months in jail for animal cruelty (in addition to her 1 year bank fraud sentence), after movers showed up to her rented apartment and were greeted with pure filth. Authorities found more than a dozen cats, a dalmatian, and several birds in the apartment that was overgrown with trash and animal waste. When the movers were eventually allowed in, they ended up discovering a dead cat under Barnes’ couch.
- Detroit, Michigan: Family is found living in filth
- This is probably the nastiest of them all. Click on the link to read the description by the Detroit News! The house was discovered after an investigation into the death of 63-year-old woman at a local hospital. The woman was brought to the hospital with open sores and dead black flesh dropping off of her body. After her death, an autopsy led authorities to her family’s home. When police entered the home they had to leave after only 5 minutes inside with their gas masks on because of the horrid conditions. The family had lived in the home for nearly a decade, in rooms filled with knee high garbage, used toilet paper, and maggot invested mattresses. What makes this home so disturbing was that (unlike the previously mentioned homes) there was no mention of pets living in the home.
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