King County deputies say the Maple Valley home where they discovered a dead woman and 10 sick children last week had a history of neighbor complaints, code enforcement concerns, and even stolen cars recovered on the property.
Deputies described ‘squalid conditions’ at the home on SE 200th Street, and neighbors said problems at the residence go back years.
“It’s very disturbing,” said Mike Sawyer, who lives nearby. “That kind of stuff just, at least as far as I know, doesn’t happen here. We are a small community. Most people are very close, and most people are close with their neighbors.”…