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Older Story from 2017
A Georgia mother has been arrested after police say she left her daughter home alone, hungry and in deplorable conditions.

Officers with the Marietta Police Department said Deborah Oats left her 11-year-old at home in their apartment while she went out.

The child then knocked on the door of James Fisher, Oats' neighbor.

"She wanted help, she wanted us to do something about it," said Fisher.

Officials said Fisher and his wife gave the girl some food. She fell asleep on their couch, and, when she woke up at 2 a.m., her mom still wasn't home.

According to Fisher, the child told him, "They're probably out clubbing, like it happens a lot."

Fisher called the police while his wife went into Oats' apartment.

Upon entering the apartment, a thick wall of humidity hit Fisher’s face, as he saw a “colony of roaches scattered throughout” the living room, kitchen, bedroom and across a broken air conditioner.

Fisher also witnessed a slew of fleas and ticks, attributed to the family’s dog and three cats, as well as a dirty mattress in the girl’s bedroom.

“The apartment was a wreck; it was horrible–like if you’ve ever seen an episode ‘Hoarders,’ almost like that,” Fisher recalled.

Fisher said that he observed dirty dishes, dog food and animal feces throughout the apartment, as well as a “fungus growing” on the kitchen and bathroom floors. There was additional fungus on the freezer and refrigerator among a flurry of scurrying roaches.

When police tracked Oats down, she was in an area officials know to be a popular site for drugs. Oats was arrested and faces a $10,000 bond.

Her daughter is in custody of the state.
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