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Purple-haired mom 'abandoned three children and dogs home alone for MONTHS in squalid conditions'
The Daily Mail ^ | 9 May 2026 | LAUREN ACTON-TAYLOR

Posted on 05/09/2026 11:28:53 AM PDT by Baladas

A mother in Indiana faces 18 years behind bars after allegedly leaving her three children and dogs home alone to fester in deplorable conditions.

Ashley Rogers, 42, was arrested on three counts of neglect of a dependent after officers searched her home and found her three children and dogs had been living in squalor.

Fort Wayne Police officers arrived to Rogers home at around 12.20pm on April 30 following reports of a minor threatening to harm themselves and discovered the property covered in black mold, animal feces and filled with piles of trash.

ogers's boyfriend, Antione Burnett, was at the home when officers arrived and confirmed that Rogers's 17-year-old daughter was inside with her 18-year-old boyfriend, Gentry Shelton.

Burnett tried to call Rogers on the phone to bring her home from work, but was unable to do so, and instead pointed deputies toward the back door of the home, warned them of aggressive dogs inside and proceeded to leave the property, according to an affidavit obtained by the Daily Mail.

Shelton appeared at the rear of the property just as Rogers's 13-year-old son returned home.

'[Officers] observed pieces of animal feces fall from the rear doorway. There was a quantity of trash surrounding the home, including a refrigerator on its side just outside of the rear door,' the affidavit, written by Officer T Brown, said.

The unplugged fridge had broken doors but was still full of food, police reported.

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hmmm...purple hair, black boyfriend, butch haircut, neck tatoo, "Mayor Pete (the perv)'s hometown, child abuse and neglect to the nth degree. Not sure, but she could vote D.
1 posted on 05/09/2026 11:28:53 AM PDT by Baladas
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To: Baladas

Cops are underpaid.


2 posted on 05/09/2026 11:30:50 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: Baladas

I see tattoos and unnatural hair colors the same way as diamond-shaped heads on snakes. I give them both the maximum amount of space.


3 posted on 05/09/2026 11:36:04 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (Oh, gosh! I said that out loud. I'm so sorry.)
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To: Baladas

Her 17 y/o daughter and 13 y/o son are old enough to sweep the floor and take the garbage out of the house.
This must be a result of learned laziness. Not helpless, just a slob.


4 posted on 05/09/2026 11:37:50 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: Gen.Blather

Democrat vision of a “modern family”.


5 posted on 05/09/2026 11:38:14 AM PDT by sjmjax
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To: Baladas

She’s a delight, i’m sure of it!


6 posted on 05/09/2026 11:41:41 AM PDT by ronniesgal (can FR please get a "like" button and a "block" button? Please.)
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To: sjmjax

Sickening.


7 posted on 05/09/2026 11:47:59 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Baladas

Im nopt surprised at all. I could pick her out of a lineup easily!


8 posted on 05/09/2026 11:48:30 AM PDT by neverbluffer
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To: lee martell

Agreed. At 17 I would have been perfectly capable of running the household. Paying bills might be beyond what I was equipped and had money to do, but the house would not have been a squalid pit


9 posted on 05/09/2026 11:50:49 AM PDT by j.havenfarm (25 years on Free Republic, 12/10/25! More than 12,750 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: Baladas

She looks like my Uncle Bob. The only difference is his hair is grey, not purple.


10 posted on 05/09/2026 11:52:25 AM PDT by PGR88
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Her 17 y/o daughter and 13 y/o son are old enough to sweep the floor and take the garbage out of the house. This must be a result of learned laziness. Not helpless, just a slob.

Uh, there was no electricity to the refrigerator nor running water.

11 posted on 05/09/2026 11:59:02 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens. --DJT)
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12 posted on 05/09/2026 11:59:41 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens. --DJT)
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To: sjmjax

Yes. Norman Rockwell didn’t live long enough to paint them.


13 posted on 05/09/2026 12:10:07 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Albion Wilde

Woof…

Not even beer goggles would solve that.

She looks like a psychopath


14 posted on 05/09/2026 12:17:03 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Albion Wilde

I’d hit it, with a baseball bat.


15 posted on 05/09/2026 12:36:26 PM PDT by wjcsux (On 3/14/1883 Karl Marx gave humanity his best gift, he died. )
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To: Albion Wilde

“Mother of the Year”...in Hell.


16 posted on 05/09/2026 12:47:49 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Baladas

I’ll bet she’ll blame the “black mold” ™ on the landlord.


17 posted on 05/09/2026 12:51:36 PM PDT by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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in other words, they didn’t pay their utility bills. I’ll bet they didn’t pay their rent either.


18 posted on 05/09/2026 12:52:27 PM PDT by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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To: gibsonguy

I’ve seen bodycam videos of cops on calls like this and you are most certainly correct.


19 posted on 05/09/2026 12:59:29 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus….)
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To: lee martell

If they were raised like that, they simply don’t know any different.


20 posted on 05/09/2026 1:00:09 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus….)
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