A Pontiac mother accused of abandoning her three children for years pleaded no contest to Welfare Fraud on Monday, according to the Oakland County Prosecutor.

Kelli Bryant, 34, faces three counts of First Degree Child Abuse, with the case moving forward. She still faces trial in the abuse cases, with no sentencing agreement or offer of leniency from the Oakland County Prosecutor's Office reached

On Feb. 14, Oakland County sheriffs detectives were horrified to find three children, ages 12, 13 and 15, living in squalor and abandoned in a Pontiac home for four to five years.

"Id never smelt a home that smelled that bad without a decomposing body present," a detective said this past winter.

If convicted, Bryant faces life in prison, with another court appearance scheduled for next month.

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