Niles PD find child in 'nasty, unlivable state' when mother overdoses
Niles police responding to an overdose victim found the woman's 9-year-old son living in deplorable conditions.
NILES, Ohio - When Niles police responded to an overdose victim, they found the woman's 9-year-old son living in deplorable conditions. 21 News obtained body camera video from the officers that shows the inside of the Fenton Street home.
"I have been in law enforcement for 24 years and this is by far the dirtiest interior of a home that I have ever been in. With clutter and and animal waste and just filth," said Niles Police Captain John Marshall.
India Thornhill was rushed to Trumbull Memorial Hospital after she was found lying on the floor of her home.
While police were there, her husband told them their 9-year-old son was home at the time.
Officers investigating described the home to be in a "nasty, unlivable" state.
The child's grandmother took the boy home with her, and Children Services is investigating the case.
