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Mom leaves daughter (12) naked in a car while she went to work
20 Feb 2012 at 07:22hrs | Views
A California mom was arrested after neighbors spotted her 12-year-old daughter wandering the streets naked and scrounging in the trash for food , police said.
Tracy Lynn Betts, 40, was taken into custody on Thursday on suspicion of child endangerment.
Betts worked as a teacher's aide at an elementary school in a Temecula neighborhood.
Betts allegedly left her daughter in a BMW with tinted windows about a block from the school while she was at work.
Police told a neighbor that it seemed the woman left her daughter without clothes or shoes to prevent her from leaving the vehicle, the Riverside Press-Enterprise reported.
Concerned residents called 911 after they saw the girl searching for food in trash cans on the street, completely naked and trying to cover herself with a blanket from the car.
Police searched the neighborhood and found the girl in the car, according to officials.
Betts was released on $15,000 bail Friday. Her daughter was taken to a hospital and remains in protective custody.
Tracy Lynn Betts, 40, was taken into custody on Thursday on suspicion of child endangerment.
Betts worked as a teacher's aide at an elementary school in a Temecula neighborhood.
Betts allegedly left her daughter in a BMW with tinted windows about a block from the school while she was at work.
Concerned residents called 911 after they saw the girl searching for food in trash cans on the street, completely naked and trying to cover herself with a blanket from the car.
Police searched the neighborhood and found the girl in the car, according to officials.
Betts was released on $15,000 bail Friday. Her daughter was taken to a hospital and remains in protective custody.
Source - www.nydailynews.com
