A Kentucky mom is in jail after police responded to a welfare check at her home and came upon a disgusting scene.

Virginia Lynn Fernow, 26, was charged with criminal abuse of a child and endangering the welfare of a minor after officers from the Louisa Police Department said she was keeping her two children, ages 2 and 4, in deplorable conditions. According to a police report obtained by local news outlet Mountain Top Media, officers were asked to conduct a welfare check at her home in Louisa, Kentucky, on Friday.

When they first arrived at the home, police reported that they could smell a foul odor from inside the house.

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