The Brief
- A 26-year-old mother was charged after leaving her 4-year-old daughter home alone in Joliet.
- Police found the child asleep and unharmed after being unattended for more than an hour.
- The girl was placed in DCFS custody, and the mother was issued a notice to appear in court.
JOLIET, Ill. – A mother was charged with abandoning her 4-year-old daughter last week in Chicago’s southwestern suburbs.
What we know:
Police officers were called to a home in the 300 block of May Street around 6:17 a.m. on Oct. 29 for a report of an unattended child.…