Mother Abandoneds Child At Walmart (Worse than the Kindergarten vote out thread)

Police: Toddler abandoned at Wal-Mart

Clinton County - Police say a toddler was abandoned at a Frankfort Wal-Mart store Friday.

Frankfort Police say the boy, named Martin, was found wandering the aisles of the Wal-Mart fabric section early Friday afternoon. A note in his backpack, apparently written by his mother, explained that she could no longer care for the two-year-old and that she hoped someone would provide a home for him. The note alluded to financial problems.

"We would like to reunite this kid with his family. It's got to be very tragic for him, he is only two years old and in a strage place. He doesn't recognize anyone," said Frankfort Police Detective Jeff Ward.

Also in the backpack with the note was a bottle and diapers. In the note, which was written in Spanish, the mother says that the father had left her, according to Frankfort police.

"She said she had no means to feed the child. Had no place for him to live," said Randy Emery, deputy police chief in Frankfort, about 20 miles southeast of Lafayette.

While the note said the boy's name was Martin, the foster parents told police he doesn't answer to that name.

"There has to be someone out there, other than who dropped him off, that is related to this boy and we would like to find out who they are and make contact with us and find out what is going on here," said Det. Ward.

Store employees brought the boy into their security office after they found him wandering around Friday afternoon. Several attempts to locate his mother over the loudspeaker were unsuccessful.

"When they were looking for the mother, you could hear on the PA system they had the child in the customer service area," said Dr. Sam Powers.

Child Protection Services is caring for the boy, and police are trying to find the mother. Officers are watching surveillance camera recordings and looking for witnesses who saw the woman at the store.

"Who ever found the child, that they were not capable of caring for the child and they couldn't care for the child any longer and they were afraid the child was going to starve," Det. Ward said.

Emery said police would like to offer help if she comes forward.

"I know this was probably a very hard decision to leave this child," he said.

Police believe the parents of the boy are from Guatemala and moved to Frankfort a year ago. They say they may now be on the road again.

"You know, these are hard times in Frankfort and our Hispanic populations moves around quite a bit," said Dr. Powers.

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Besides the obvious "abandoning your child" thing, what really pisses me off about this story is that there are so many better places where the mother could have dropped this child off (if she really feels she can't care for him). A police station, church, fire station, hospital, etc., anythings better than this. What if the poor little child would have been abducted or worse? There is no excuse for this.

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Besides the obvious "abandoning your child" thing, what really pisses me off about this story is that there are so many better places where the mother could have dropped this child off (if she really feels she can't care for him). A police station, church, fire station, hospital, etc., anythings better than this. What if the poor little child would have been abducted or worse? There is no excuse for this.

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She probably just didn't know and thought to drop him off in a place where she knows a lot of people will be to find him. She is in a foreigner in a strange land with no money after all. It is still a pretty irresponsible thing to do though.

One time I lost my son in walmart,I tell you I was so worried,My eyes were all swollen and I had so much emotions running through me,I wanted to cry and kick someone's azz at the sametime.As soon as I noticed he was gone I went up and down the aisle and told an employee and she hit her walkie talkie and I could hear and see employees scatter,they really did jump to the call.Give them props.They lady I went to told me she was scared cause she thought I was gonna kill her,when she saw me waliking to her,but after I told her what happened she knew thats why i was looking the way I did,LOL
But thats gotta be so sad for both the mom and the kid.I really do hope they find her and can do something to help them.

same thing happened to my mom ...she was left in a store, and her mom let to be a groupie...

The way I see some kids these days act and behave.... more parents should do this, cause they obviosuly dont know how to raise a child anywho....

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more parents should do this,

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dont ever hurt or harm a child in any way shape or form!

somebody should leave her in the middle of Mexico

so she can feel helpless

bunch of dam nuts

take care of your children

I mean if i was looking to find a kid alone. What a better place to get the supplies you'll need while you kidnap one.