Police responded to a Marengo Avenue residence on July 28 for a welfare check after a woman’s son requested that police do so because of a “hoarding situation,” according to the police report. Officers said they’ve previously been called to the house for welfare checks and for complaints about barking dogs. Police said they met two sons and two daughters of the home’s resident at the house, who said they previously found two dead dogs inside the home. In a video of the inside the home that the family showed to police, officers reported seeing four dogs and over 10 cats, plus floors covered in dirt, feces and boxes. Police reported a smell of feces and urine from the home’s back door, where there were also two trash bags with the remains of the two dogs.
When police made contact with the woman, she said two cats had died before police corrected her. She then said the two dogs died last night, though police report that the dogs’ decomposition suggests they’d died before then. The woman first refused medical service but then agreed to go to Loyola University Medical Center. Police contacted Forest Park Social Worker Evelyn Simmons, who contacted the social worker at Loyola to advise them of the situation.
Police also contacted Building Department Director Steve Glinke, who deemed the residence uninhabitable and said he’d speak to those involved to develop a plan of action, according to police. Police suggested that the woman’s children contact Cook County Animal Control and the Oak Park Animal Care League to find a home for the woman’s animals…