Purple-haired mom 'abandoned three children and dogs home alone for MONTHS in squalid conditions'

The Daily Mail ^ | 9 May 2026 | LAUREN ACTON-TAYLOR

[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.

[Baladas]

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.

[gibsonguy]

Cops are underpaid.

[Gen.Blather]

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.

[lee martell]

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.

[sjmjax]

Democrat vision of a “modern family”.

[ronniesgal]

She’s a delight, i’m sure of it!

[No name given]

Sickening.

[neverbluffer]

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

[j.havenfarm]

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

[PGR88]

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

[Albion Wilde]

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.

[Albion Wilde]

[frank ballenger]

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

[NFHale]

Woof…

Not even beer goggles would solve that.

She looks like a psychopath

[wjcsux]

I’d hit it, with a baseball bat.

[hal ogen]

“Mother of the Year”...in Hell.

[AbolishCSEU]

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

[AbolishCSEU]

in other words, they didn’t pay their utility bills. I’ll bet they didn’t pay their rent either.

[metmom]

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

[metmom]

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