Fort Worth mom demands answers after 5-year-old leaves school unnoticed

A Fort Worth mother is demanding answers after her 5-year-old son left Rufino Mendoza Elementary School unnoticed Monday and was found crying in the street by a stranger about two blocks away.

Isabel Barrera was visiting her parents in Fort Worth’s Northside around 11 a.m. when she spotted the boy, Elijah, alone.

“I see a little boy in the street he’s running, crying and I think my mom instincts just kicked in,” Barrera said…

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