KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A mother is in custody after her dirty, barefoot children were found living in a wooden shipping crate in an underground cave in Kansas City, Missouri.

Brittany Mugrauer, 24, was charged Friday with two counts of felony child endangerment.

Jackson County detectives were serving a search warrant for an alleged stolen car operation in the caves on the city’s east side on Thursday when they found the children in the 8-by-10-foot crate furnished with vehicle bench seats, two small blankets, trash and wires.

According to court records obtained by KMBC, the children, ages 4 and 6, were barefoot and filthy.

Investigators said the 4-year-old was eating a cup of dry ramen noodles that had dirt in it.

The children told deputies that they lived in the cave with mother and that “mema and papa live in a hotel,” according to court documents.

The children were taken to a hospital to be evaluated.

A spokesman for the Jackson County prosecutor’s office said Saturday he didn’t know if the woman has an attorney.