‘Being used as a bathroom’: Bodycam video shows newborn, 5 siblings locked in ‘putrid’ storage unit as parents slept in SUV with dog

Newly released bodycam footage shows Wisconsin police breaking into a locked storage unit and discovering six young children inside. The footage was played for jurors during the trial for the kids’ 33-year-old father, Charles Dupriest, who is facing five felony counts of child neglect and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Dupriest, his wife, Azyia Zielinski, and their dog were allegedly sleeping in their SUV parked outside the storage facility when the children, whose ages ranged from 2 months to 9 years old, were found.

Zielinski, who is also the children’s mother, last week pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of child neglect. In consideration for the plea, prosecutors dropped four felony charges of neglect. She is currently scheduled to appear in court for her sentencing hearing on March 19, records show…

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