SELDEN, NY (WCBS 880 / AP) -- The Suffolk County SPCA has been digging through the night in the backyard of a Selden woman's home - looking for animal remains.
Neighbors are absolutely stunned by the allegations of unimaginable cruelty.
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Mike Xirinachs reports from Selden 
Sharon McDonough is accused of forcing her seven children to help torture and kill animals.
So far, nearly two dozen carcases have been dug up from the backyard.
Suffolk County SPCA official Roy Gross says five dogs were found in small cages without food or water at the Selden, N.Y. home. A cat also was rescued.
The rescued dogs are a shepherd mix, a beagle mix, an Italian greyhound, a cocker spaniel mix and a pug.
The greyhound has been adopted; homes were being sought for the other animals.
It was one of McDonough's children who turned his mother in.
Sharon McDonough is scheduled back in court on Tuesday after pleading not guilty to animal cruelty charges.
Meanwhile, authorities are looking into whether any pets reported missing met theire fate at the McDonough home.
She could go to prison if convicted of animal cruelty.
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