MAYFLOWER, Ark. (AP) - Pulaski County authorities say a Mayflower woman has been arrested and faces charges after her 19-month-old son was found in the street wearing only a diaper.
A sheriff’s report says someone had found the toddler alone late Sunday. The individual alerted authorities and took the child to her nearby home.
The child’s mother told authorities that she had been talking with a friend when her son went out the front door. Deputies say that when an investigator asked why she didn’t follow and retrieve the boy, the woman changed her statement and said she thought he had been playing inside the home.
The Department of Human Services was notified, and the child has been taken to the Arkansas Children’s Hospital for a checkup.
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