Parents Stephen and Loni Tavizon in jail after eight kids found living in filth

A Marietta couple remained behind bars Friday afteoon after police found their eight kids living in filth and their toddler, alone and injured, in a creek bed.

Stephen and Loni Tavizon and their children, all 13 years old or younger, live on Woodleigh Road.

A police officer found their youngest son, 2, in a creek bed.

According to warrants obtained by Georgia Newsday, the toddler had wandered out of the home and into a nearby creek while Stephen Tavizon was baby-sitting. He was found crying and bruised trying to climb out of the embankment.

When police went to the family's home, they found "deplorable" conditions.

The warrant states there was broken sewage piping, fecal matter around the house, soiled children's mattresses, old food covered in mold, exposed electrical wiring and 50 bags of trash crawling with bugs.

Neighbors said they were shocked.

"I'm just saddened I couldn't help more because they're two doors down from me," Terri Carter said.

"I see all the other kids on the street playing, but I never saw their kids out," added neighbor Helen Riley.

Each parent faces eight counts of first-degree cruelty to children. They each have a $40,000 bond.

The children were placed in state custody.