Police: Muncie mother went drinking, left children, including a 9-day-old baby, home alone

MUNCIE, Ind. — City police say when a Muncie woman went out drinking early Wednesday, she left her two children — one of them only 9 days old — home alone.

When 32-year-old Sandra Marie Henriquez was later arrested for driving while intoxicated after crashing her car, she reportedly told officers at the Delaware County Jail she had no children.

About 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, city police were called to Henriquez’s house, in the 1600 block of East Butler Street, where they were told her children — a 1-year-old and the newborn infant — were locked inside…

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