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An Iowa woman accused of neglecting and abandoning her children has been taken into custody.
Des Moines Police say 41-year old Amanda Myers left her two young children, ages 6 and 7, for an extended amount of time in a home that had no running water and where there were other dangerous conditions.
She was arrested Wednesday afternoon and booked into the Polk County Jail.
The children are safe and in the care of others.