Mother Arrested After Starving 10 Year Old Son Goes Door To Door Looking For Food

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PORT ST. LUCIE -- A 10-year-old boy reportedly weighing only 35 pounds was taken for medical treatment after being found knocking on doors Saturday evening asking for food.

The boy's mother, 37-year-old Kelleen Deon Murray Auguste, of the 900 block of Southwest Versailles Avenue, was arrested on a charge of felony child neglect. The state Department of Children and Families took custody of the six other minor children in the home, according to Port St. Lucie police.

Auguste is being held at the St. Lucie County Jail on $150,000 bail.

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"All of the kids were on the slender side, but none of the kids appeared to be malnourished to us," said Vega, who added the children reportedly were home-schooled.

He said Auguste, who is pregnant, has a total of nine children.

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