Two Texas moms are charged with abandoning their six children aged one to nine in squalor

Two Texas moms are charged with abandoning their six children aged one to nine in squalor: Authorities found them covered in dirt, lice and so hungry the one-year-old son was eating his own feces

  • Riccy Padilla-Hernandez, 28, and Yures Molina, 34, charged with endangering a child after their children were found living in dire conditions
  • Children were found after maintenance man found Padilla-Hernandez’s two-year-old daughter close to a swimming pool on the premises without supervision
  • Police found children covered in lice and dirt, while Molina’s toddler was so hungry he was eating his own feces 


Two Texas mothers have been charged with abandoning their six children and leaving them in squalor after authorities found them covered in lice and so hungry that a one-year-old boy resorted to eating his own feces.

Riccy Padilla-Hernandez, 28, and Yures Molina, 34, were both charged with endangering a child after their children – all of whom are aged one to nine – were found living in dire conditions, investigators said, according to KPRC.

Padilla-Hernandez’s children are aged two, three and seven-years-old while Molina’s children are aged one, eight and nine. It is not clear if the two suspects are friends or relatives, but they and the children were living in the same property.

Yures Molina

Riccy Padilla-Hernandez, 28, (left) and Yures Molina, 34, (right) were both charged with endangering a child after their children – all of whom are aged one to nine – were found living in dire conditions, investigators said

The apartment complex where police found the six children abandoned and left living in squalor

The apartment complex where police found the six children abandoned and left living in squalor

The children were discovered on Wednesday after a maintenance man found Padilla-Hernandez’s two-year-old daughter, who he said was dirty and walking barefoot, close to a swimming pool on the premises without any parents around. 

The man called officers from Houston Police Department and when they arrived they found the toddler’s older brother who showed them the apartment where they found the four other children alone without their parents. 

Officers said they found Molina’s one-year-old son inside a crib who was so hungry that he resorted to eating his own feces while her nine-year-old son was infested with lice and covered in dirt. It is not clear how long the children were left for.

One of Padilla-Hernandez’s children found at the property has special needs and cannot look after himself, investigators said in a police report.

Padilla-Hernandez and Molina appearing in court after their children were found abandoned

Padilla-Hernandez and Molina appearing in court after their children were found abandoned

When police were at the property, Padilla-Hernandez returned and claimed she had been ‘doing her taxes’. Molina, who is reportedly seven months pregnant, was not present at the scene.

The bond for both mothers was set at $15,000 and by Friday they had both posted bond. 

Padilla-Hernandez and Molina are expected to appear in court on Monday. 

Their children are now in the custody of Children’s Protective Services.