Donations of clothes and money are pouring in for three Detroit-area siblings after authorities found them living alone for years, amid trash and feces.

The sheriff said the abandonment appears to have taken place in the spring/summer of 2020, right as the COVID-19 pandemic was in its early stages.

During a Tuesday afternoon news conference, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard released more information on the case surrounding children who were left alone for years in a Pontiac home.

• The 15-year-old was the only one to step out of the home during the nearly-5-year confinement, venturing outdoors just two times. “He came out twice — once to feel the grass and the other time to check the mail… it’s soul-crushing on so many levels.” Bouchard said.

Children, ages 15, 13 and 12, were found inside a Pontiac, MI home full of feces and trash. According to the sheriff's office, their mother had left them alone in the home around four years ago, and would return to drop food off to them.

Police discovered a boy and two girls abandoned by their mother and living in squalor for at least five years in southeastern Michigan while conducting a welfare check during the past weekend.

Three children were found living alone in "absolute squalor" in a Pontiac, Michigan, rental home after their mother abandoned them years ago, authorities said.

The woman accused of abandoning her children in piles of garbage years ago was arrested and is being held at the Oakland County Jail in Pontiac, Michigan. Rooms were covered in human waste, with garbage piled several feet high.