Wisconsin: Linda West and her daughter Carol West reject plea offer in animal cruelty, hoarding case

WISCONSIN -- A mother and daughter from Onalaska charged with multiple counts of child neglect and animal mistreatment will be going to trial after being unable to reach a plea deal.

 

74-year-old Linda West and 37-year-old Carol Jean West were in court Monday morning for a plea hearing.

The two women are charged with 29 crimes each, including two counts of child neglect and six counts of mistreatment of animals causing death.

 

 

 

County deputies say they found nearly 60 animals living in unsanitary conditions with little food or water.

Carol West's 11- and 8-year-old children also lived in the home.

Both women are now scheduled to go to trial in late September.

 

 

 

 

 

(News8000 - March 6, 2017)

Earlier:

• Wisconsin: Linda West and her daughter Carol West have been charged child neglect and animal cruelty - 69 animals seized
• Wisconsin: Linda West and her daughter Carol West held kids in feces-filled horror home crammed with rats and other animals, cops say
• Wisconsin: Linda West and her daughter Carol West's house was 'worst property I’ve ever been in in my entire life', say deputy