lieutenant rich is joining us on the line from north platt, nebraska.nel. i want to you describe it in detail, please. >> well, when the officers arrived, inside they found that the residence reeked pretty bad from animal urine, trash, that kind of thing. in the bedroom they found two boys ages 3 and 5 sleeping in a kennel 4 by 28 by 28 or 30. two boys were sleeping in there together on a little plastic covered mattress. they were sleeping at that time. it was about 11:00 that the officers were contacted. >> i know the mother when she was arrested, she was brought in. police asked her why she did this. what was her answer? >> she told the officers that she was basically trying to keep the kids from getting into stuff. to keep them from getting out of the trailer. the officers didn't think that they would climb out of the windows of the trailer any way. upon initial contact, that's what the officers were told. >> beyond the fill this and feces that you describe, was there any abuse on four of these children? >> there was four children in total. only two

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