The children's mother, Kelli Bryant, was charged with three counts of first-degree child abuse after the children were discovered living alone in the house on Lydia Lane.

The Oakland County Prosecutor is evaluating the case against a mom accused of abandoning her three kids for years at a Pontiac home where they lived in filth and squalor.

An Oakland County mother accused of abandoning her three children was arraigned on child abuse charges and given a $250 million cash bond.

A judge has set an extraordinary bond for a Michigan woman who is locked up and accused of leaving three children alone for years in a house full of trash and feces

Judge Ronda Fowlkes Gross of Pontiac's 50th District Court set Kelli Bryant's bond at $250 million and ordered her to have no contact with her kids.

A 34-year-old Pontiac mother accused of child abuse and abandoning her three children was arraigned Thursday morning on three counts of first-degree child abuse.

Some of that support came from the Oakland County CARE House, a child advocacy center, where kids who have experienced abuse and trauma can have a safe place to talk about what happened.

The woman accused of abandoning her three children for several years at a Pontiac townhouse had her bond set at $250 million cash Thursday. Judge Ronda M. Fowlkes Gross levied the staggering bond during the arraignment of Kelli Bryant,