WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas -- Less than a week after the remains of 2-year-old Colton Turner are believed to have been found in Austin, details are emerging about his mother, 20-year-old Meagan Work.
A 17-page report details an investigation into her parents back in 2007, leading up to when the state put her and her siblings in foster care.
The Department of Family and Protective Services report details what life was like for the then-13-year-old girl. That's when the DFPS began an investigation into her parents, Tayleen and Sidney Work.
Criminal records show both have a lengthy criminal history. Tayleen's criminal history includes multiple arrests for possession, DWI and theft. Sidney's record includes charges of theft, possession, public intoxication and cruelty to animals.
According to the report, caseworkers went to the family's home and found dirty dishes, dog feces on the carpet and numerous hypodermic needles on the floor in their bedroom. The report says Tayleen got the needles because she had diabetes.
Drug tests for both parents came back positive for cocaine, although it details how the two dyed their hair to try to alter the results.
The paperwork shows Sidney completed a sex offender evaluation and contained four out of five risk factors and that he not be allowed unsupervised contact with his children. The girls went to live with other family for about nine months, then in foster care for about year.
The report also says therapists diagnosed Meagan with adjustment disorder, mixed anxiety and depression.
Friends told KVUE Meagan's mother died earlier this year. They also say Meagan is homeless, living in hotels and with friends and she's four months pregnant.
Meagan also has a criminal history including assault and cruelty to animals. She is in jail charged with tampering with physical evidence.
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