Mother charged after leaving son on freeway in Brookfield

BROOKFIELD, Wis. – A Watertown woman is facing felony charges after prosecutors said she abandoned her 12-year-old son on the side of the interstate. It happened around 5:30 p.m. Thursday near Interstate 94 and Brookfield Road in Brookfield. According to a criminal complaint, Flor Escalante was arguing with her child about “grades and school work habits” before she pulled over, made the boy get out of the car and drove away.

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