Police in Irwin say six children and more than a dozen pets were found living in filth and danger.

Investigators say Marah Urch is facing child endangerment and animal cruelty charges after she let her kids fend for themselves in a home filled with trash, no running water and dead animals.

"Things do happen for a reason, and this was the reason we had and we were able to get what we needed to get in there and, you know, take care of these kids and get them out of this situation," said Irwin Police Chief Daniel Wensel.

That reason, according to Wensel, started with a call about children seen running in the street near Spruce and Short. Six kids — dirty, unsupervised, and one of them bleeding from the mouth — were chasing after a dog. Police say Urch was nowhere to be found.

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