DES MOINES — Natalie Finn, the West Des Moines teenager who

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DES MOINES — Natalie Finn, the West Des Moines teenager who starved to deathin October, was wearingan adultdiaper and lying on the linoleum floor of her bare bedroom when police and medics discovered her, according to newly unsealedcourt documents.
The 16-year-old"appeared to have been laying on the floor ... in her own waste for some time,"West Des Moines police Det. Chris Morgan wrote in an affidavit. She died a short time laterat a hospital.
The home reeked of both human and animal waste. Blankets that were "heavily soaked" in what officers believed was urine coveredthe floor of theroom Natalie shared with two of her siblings,according to the documents. The room had no beds or furniture.
"Many animals roamed freely, including well over a dozen kittens and cats," Morgan wrote. "There were numerous kennels with dogs scattered inside the residence."
Details into Finn's deathbecame publicTuesday when a judge'sorder tokeepsearch warrant documents under seal expired. The search warrant application filed by Morgan describes investigators' interviews withthree surviving Finn children, two of whom werefound to be underweight and suffering frombedsores after medics took their sister to a hospital.
Nicole Finn, 42, is facing a charge of first-degree murder forNatalie's deathand several other felonies for her treatment of two of Natalie's siblings, a15-year-old boyand a 14-year-old girl. All three children were adopted.Finn's ex-husband, Joseph Finn, 46, is facing severalcharges of kidnapping, neglect or abandonment and child endangerment.
Natalie Finn died from emaciation because of the denial of critical care, according to the Polk County medical examiner's office.