Police Sickened By Discovery In Twisted Mother’s Backyard

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Porucha Phillips, a 34 year old pregnant mother has been arrested after Texas police found two severely injured toddlers chained up in her back yard with six other children left alone inside the property.

Concerned neighbors called the police at 11.45 pm on Thursday night to report a child that would not stop crying.

When officers arrived they discovered a two-year-old boy and three-year-old girl suffering from a fractured arm tied up in their back yard with a chain and a dog leash.

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Officers said the boy had a chain tied around one of his ankles with the other end secured to the ground. The girl was secured to the frame of the back door by a leash.

James Keith, spokesman for Bexar County Sheriff's Office, told sources that when police forced their way inside the house,they found six more children left without an adult at home.

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Those children, believed to be Phillips' biological offspring, are aged between 10 months and 10 years old, according to Keith.

He said: 'They were exhausted, tired, dehydrated. There was evidence that they had been previously abused, it makes you sick to see something like this, it makes you angry.

'To call this horrific is an understatement, this is as disturbing as it comes. Everybody is bothered by this. It motivates you to fight harder to make sure this is taken care of.'

The toddlers found in the back yard are not thought to belong to Phillips, and detectives are currently hunting for their parents.

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Phillips and another adult, believed to be the father of the six children in the home, returned to the property in the early hours of Friday morning where they were arrested.

Keith said that Phillips is the only one currently charged with child abandonment and injury offences, but that more charges are expected to follow.

Those close to the investigation told My San Antonio that the father, who is not married to Phillips, has not been charged because he was at work while the children were left alone.

Investigators also revealed that Phillips is saying she never restrained the two children in her back yard, and they were simply dumped there by their parents.

She is also claiming she intended to take the children to a fire station and turn them over because she was unable to care for them.

It is believed that Phillips' was supposed to be caring for the two children found in her back yard, but her exact relationship to the toddlers and their parents is unknown.

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The girl and boy in the yard were taken to hospital where the girl was placed into intensive care, according to Fox San Antonio.

The girl is reported to be suffering from a fractured arm and wrist, while the boy has abrasions and scarring.

Phillips is originally from Sacramento, California, while records show she was in Las Vegas for a time, and was also arrested for soliciting prostitution in Reno, Nevada, in 2003. Phillips moved to San Antonio in October, and during the same month police were called out seven times for a disturbance, animal cruelty and burglary.

Chris Tippery, who lives in the neighborhood said 'They didn't come out much. They keep (the kids) in the house for the most part. Sometimes you would see them outside in their diapers. They seemed like all right people.'

All eight children have now been placed in foster care while investigations continue. Phillips is in custody with a $150,000 bond.