HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- Two parents are facing child abandonment charges after the Harris County Sheriff's Office deputies said their three children were left inside their home with disgusting living conditions.

According to the HCSO, on Saturday, a neighbor called for a welfare check at the home in the 19100 block of Clevera Walk Drive in west Harris County because of trash bags piled outside the home and a bad odor coming from the house.

Court documents state the odor inside the home Saturday evening was so overwhelming that the responding deputy initially believed someone may have died inside the house.