MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WALA) – A mother and stepfather who live and work in Pensacola have been arrested and charged with child abuse after officials in Mobile County learned their underage daughter was left to live alone with animals in an Eight Mile mobile home covered in urine, feces, roaches and trash, according to the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office.
The MCSO said it was on Sunday when deputies were dispatched to a Dollar General store on Jarrett Road where a 14-year-old girl was experiencing dizziness and stomach pain. An employee notified authorities after observing the juvenile stumbling down the road in front of the store, the sheriff’s office said.
The girl was taken to a local hospital for evaluation and was interviewed by an MCSO detective with the Child Advocacy Center. During the interview, told the detective that she had been living alone with her dogs at in a mobile home on Jarrett Road since approximately February of last year — around the time of her birthday, according to the sheriff’s office.
Officials said the girl stated her mother, Marchelle Lynn Pertilla, and her stepfather, Eugene Medrano, live and work in Pensacola, Fla., and that the last time she saw them was Oct. 31…