MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WALA/Gray News) — A mother and stepfather are facing child abuse charges after officials said they moved to Florida while leaving their 14-year-old daughter behind in Alabama to live by herself for nearly a year.
According to the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office, the teenager was left to live alone with seven dogs in a mobile home covered in urine, feces, roaches and trash. Officials said one of the dogs was found dead in a closet.
The parents are accused of moving an hour away to Pensacola, Florida, from their home in Mobile County last February.
The investigation began on Sunday when employees of a Dollar General called police because they saw the girl stumbling down the road in front of the store…