A Michigan mother who allegedly abandoned her three children and forced them to live in squalor alone for four years is being detained on a $250 million cash bond — a massive amount more commonly seen in cases involving high profile or wealthy defendants.

Police discovered a boy and two girls abandoned by their mother and living in squalor for at least five years in southeastern Michigan while conducting a welfare check during the past weekend.

Three children were found living alone in "absolute squalor" in a Pontiac, Michigan, rental home after their mother abandoned them years ago, authorities said. The 34-year-old mother was arrested last week,