I am going to give the kids the benefit of the doubt. Maybe they thought their mother would be coming back. Maybe no one has taught them the numerous skills that your daughter had, to be able to cook an entire Thanksgiving dinner by herself. Maybe there was no electricity to keep the fridge/freezer going?
Maybe the neighbor didn’t want to “get involved”, because it is not a good neighborhood?
My kids did not cook at ten....microwave maybe
I cooked some at ten
My kids are spoiled
Good southern manners
But spoiled