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Charges for Couple After Toddler Was Found Living in Squalid Conditions

By Philip Caulfield, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Credit: PINELLA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

Jeffrey O'Neil and Jennifer Kovacs are facing child abuse and animal cruelty charges after cops found them raising a 16-month old girl among a houseful of illegally-bred animals, including some that were dead.

January 7, 2013 Updated Jan 7, 2013 at 11:09 AM PDT

A Florida man and his wife are in jail for child abuse and animal cruelty charges after deputies discovered them living among some 300 animals, including snakes, lizards and rats, some of which were dead or half eaten.

Jeffrey O'Neil, 28, and Jennifer Kovacs, 26, of Oldsmar, near Tampa, were arrested on Sunday after a family member found their baby daughter crying inside the squalid suburban jungle, local station WTSP-TV reported.

The family member found the child crying and couldn't wake O'Neil, the station said. The relative took the 16-month old and left a note.

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