![]() While heavily redacted, according to the affidavit, the wording of the court document indicates the Guardian ad Litem and DHS told the sheriff's office the remaining children were out crying to foster parents and therapists that the baby, whose death was still unexplained, had been found dead with a plastic bag covering them.ĭue to the trauma of the death and then immediately being separated from their family and placed in foster care, DHS was worried the children wouldn't talk. In Colorado, a Guardian ad Litem is a court-appointed Child Representative ![]() 12, 2022, the Crowley County Sheriff's Office was contacted by the Crowley County Department of Human Services and a Guardian ad Litem to report Jason and Joy just had another child and that they needed to gain custody of the baby. The affidavit notes "it appeared the children had not eaten lately."Ĭustody of the six children was turned over to the Department of Human Services due to their "poor condition, filthy unsafe house, and the unexplained death of the baby. ![]() Investigators moved the children from the scene to River of Life church where they were fed and allowed to play. The affidavit states six children found in the home were "filthy, unkept, and smelled of human feces." Deputies couldn't tell the gender of any of the children because they all had long, unclean, and unkept hair and clothing. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation was called in to take pictures of the home. It was noted again that the parents would not speak to law enforcement and they weren't present at the time of the search. Investigators noted they weren't able to identify where everyone slept or lived, and no one was able to identify where the dead baby was found or slept or who had last seen the baby alive.Īn interview with the children noted in the affidavit states the body of their dead dog Doodles was kept in a box they used for a coffee table. In interviews, the children later told investigators that some of them were forced to sleep and stay in the car seats. The affidavit states, "The house was filthy with trails to rooms, sticky floors, children sleeping on piles of dirty cloths and dirty car seats." ![]() Per the Crowley County Assessor description noted in the affidavit, the house was built in 1918 and was a one-and-one-half-story single-family dwelling with 1,465 square feet of living space. Investigators found six additional children, whose ages ranged from eight to eight months, living inside a home that was described as a "hoarder house." A total of ten people lived there. That's when then-18-year-old Saierra Soltani, a reported half-sister to the dead baby, opened the door. Eventually, a deputy began breaching the door, and as he was breaking in, he heard a response. According to the affidavit, deputies knocked and announced themselves numerous times but no one would answer. While the baby was being taken to AVRMC, a search warrant was obtained for the Ordway residence. ![]()
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