Authorities discovered three dogs dead in a freezer and a house covered in filth and cockroaches while checking on the home of a Florida mother and daughter.
Victoria Kanger, 35, was arrested Thursday on a charge of child neglect.
Volusia County sheriff's deputies say they found heaps of trash inside the home, and were overwhelmed by the odor of urine and feces.
The deputies' lower pant legs were covered in fleas when they entered.
Authorities say a 5-year-old girl living in the home directed the deputies to the dogs in the freezer.
Kanger told authorities she froze the dogs because she didn't have a shovel to bury them.