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Conditions at the Pontiac home were so offensive that police
evidence specialists wore hazmat suits when the children were
discovered in February 2025.
The kids, ages 15, 13 and 12, had lived on their own since 2020
or 2021, with occasional food drops on the porch and amid trash
and feces, police said. Sheriff's deputies entered when a
landlord said he hadn't been paid in months.
Kelli Bryant, 35, who was living elsewhere in Pontiac, pleaded
no contest to abuse and will return to court in September for
her sentencing. A message seeking comment from her attorney was
not immediately returned.
“This plea will spare the children from testifying at trial and
ensures Bryant remains incarcerated until they are all adults,”
Oakland County prosecutor Karen McDonald said. “I’m hopeful the
children she victimized will continue to have the space and
resources to heal from this abhorrent trauma.”
The father lost contact with the kids while in prison in an
unrelated matter and was barred by their mother from seeing them
when he was released, Sheriff Mike Bouchard said when Bryant was
arrested.
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