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Police: Disabled Girl, 2, Found Home Alone
POSTED: 1:58 pm EDT May 21,
2009
UPDATED: 7:01 pm EDT May 21,
2009
CLEVELAND -- Police were called to an east side home Tuesday after the father of a 2-year-old disabled girl told them the girl's mother had left her home alone.Police said the father called 911 Tuesday afternoon, saying he went to check on his children at their East 84th Street home because the children's mother has a history of leaving them home alone.He told police he arrived at the home to find it unlocked and found his daughter alone in a crib.The caller told officers he left the child in the crib because he was worried that the child's mother, 28-year-old Valencia Davis, would accuse him of kidnapping. Davis has a temporary restraining order against the caller, police said.Police said the home was in "ghastly" condition and there was no food in the refrigerator.The child, who suffers from brain anoxia and cerebral palsy, was breathing heavily and her feeding tube led to an empty bag. EMS was called because the girl was unresponsive and she was taken to Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital.Police said Davis arrived home and told police she had gone to church to feed her two other children and that there was nothing wrong with leaving a 2-year-old home alone.Davis has been charged with misdemeanor child endangering and was in court on Thursday.The toddler is in stable condition at Rainbow.
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