SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) Sioux Falls Police have discovered a 10-year-old girl living in a rundown house full of garbage, cat litter, feces and urine.
The girls parents have been arrested on multiple charges, including abuse and neglect: Heather Sue Schwartz, 42, and Adam Elliot Swalley, 38.
Officer Sam Clemens says 'deplorable' is the best word he can come up.
He says police got a tip about a dead animal in the 100 block of South Lyndale Avenue, and then when a man answered the door, they smelled marijuana wafting from the house.
The house had no electricity and no running water.
The little girl has been put in protective custody.