The homeowner, Virginia Wetzl, 65, had a warrant out for her arrest for failing to show up in court on animal cruelty charges back in 2005. Now, she's to be charged again with multiple counts of animal cruelty in this case.
This is a quote from the actual article. And it also says in the article that she hasn't had utilities since her arrest back in 2005. So I'm guessing she stopped her utilities in the hopes that they wouldn't know she was living there. Although that seems crazy to me.

Anyway, I really hope at least some of these animals are okay and find good homes. It's all so sad.