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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.
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.
Source - www.nydailynews.com
