Toddler alone for 19 days
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Julieboo | Thursday, October 02, 2003 - 08:32 am     I was curious, anyone know the circumstances of where the mom was? (BTW if this should be in news and views, go ahead and move, but I don't like that area much. Too much politics and bickering...) |
Joesmom | Thursday, October 02, 2003 - 08:37 am     Julieboo, All I know is what I heard on the news. The mom was arrested for assault and while in jail for 3 weeks, NEVER told the police her daughter was home alone!!! My question: Why was a two year old home alone for ANY amount of time? I heard a little news tickler last night that the father thought his daughter might be dead being home alone for weeks...How did he not know? Sorry, this just really gets under my skin!!! I imagine the horror that my own child would feel, realizing he's alone at home!! |
Jagger | Thursday, October 02, 2003 - 08:37 am     I'm not sure if this is the same toddler, but if it's the one where the kid survived on condiments like ketchup and mustard the mother was in jail. She never bothered to tell the authorities the kid was at home. |
Kaili | Thursday, October 02, 2003 - 08:40 am     I haven't heard a lot about this having not watched or read the news too much lately. Here's a link to an article I found...It explains what was going on- the mom was in jail and the dad didn't know and couldn't get a hold of her. Eventually the apartment manager let him in the place and they found her. Amazing that someone didn't put this together sooner- the mom must not be in contact with many people. I don't get why she wouldn't have mentioned something to the police when she was arrested. And what was the little girl doing alone to start with?! 0,386491.story?coll=chi-news-hed, Toddler Who Spent 2 Weeks Alone Released (Edited to add a link that works) Edited again- forget the fancy formatting- he's the link... http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-toddler1oct01,0,2864421.story?coll=la-headlines-nation
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Julieboo | Thursday, October 02, 2003 - 08:40 am     She really survived on ketchup and mustard? How odd and how sad. But thankfully she is okay now. I wonder how the dad didn't know she was alone. And like they said, cuz she was so young, she probably won't have any ongoing trauma from this. Sometimes ignorance is bliss. |
Julieboo | Thursday, October 02, 2003 - 08:43 am     Thanks Kaili. Unfortunately it wouldn't let me open the article. Why was the mom in jail anyways? (I wonder if the mom was arrested at home when the kid was sleeping or something and they all left not knowing-except the mom-unless she was on drugs.) |
Kaili | Thursday, October 02, 2003 - 08:45 am     "The little girl had been left alone since her mother, Dakeysha Telita Lee, was jailed Sept. 10 on charges of aggravated assault and petty theft, police said. The mother was charged Monday with child abuse and was being held Wednesday on $170,006 bond." (This is from the second one i tried to post and it still didn't work...) http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/sns-ap-toddler-alone,0,386491.story?coll=chi-news-hed |
Kaili | Thursday, October 02, 2003 - 08:46 am     This one may be even better And the link should work. US toddler's 'home alone' ordeal |
Julieboo | Thursday, October 02, 2003 - 08:50 am     Thanks Kaili, that last one worked. Glad everything worked out, and actually likely all for the better. I bet she'll get taken care of better now, better than if the mom didn't leave her alone... |
Jan | Thursday, October 02, 2003 - 12:20 pm     well yeah Julie..except this is Florida Foster Care we are talking about. That is the Foster Care system that has lost track of over 100 kids in the last few years (and I don't mean runaways)!..isn't it one of the worst run in the nation? |
Ladytex | Thursday, October 02, 2003 - 01:40 pm     Okay, y'all, they can just send that baby to me!! |
Monkeyboy | Thursday, October 02, 2003 - 02:11 pm     Thats what I was thinking Ladyt. |
Ketchuplover | Sunday, October 05, 2003 - 03:41 pm     ((((toddler)))) |
Hippyt | Sunday, October 05, 2003 - 04:00 pm     I tell ya,when I think about all the bad things that could have happened to this poor baby,it's incredible she survived. |
Sia | Sunday, October 05, 2003 - 05:53 pm     Poor Briana. I don't think the authorities could ever do enough to punish the mother. Dakeysha should never get custody of her daughter again!! |
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