Mom left children in inhumane conditions with ‘bucket of urine’ to fend for themselves after she ‘fell asleep’ at friend’s house, cops say

Inset: Daionjanee R. Young (Calcasieu Parish Sheriff

Inset: Daionjanee R. Young (Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office). Background: The area around Winterhalter Street in Lake Charles, La., where Daionjanee Young lives (Google Maps).

A mother in Louisiana allegedly left her children in a feces-covered apartment — with soiled diapers, a “bucket of urine” and other inhumane conditions — to fend for themselves while she went out to “pick up food” and meet up with a “friend” at 2 a.m., cops say.

Daionjanee Young, 25, of Lake Charles, is charged with four counts of child desertion and four counts of cruelty to juveniles after authorities discovered what she allegedly put her children through on Friday, according to the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office.

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