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Child Home Alone

Parents charged after 5 kids left home alone, sometimes for days: Docs

  • Nov 7, 2024

Mom on child endangerment charges allegedly left kids alone many times

  • Oct 27, 2024

Baytown mother charged after 5 kids were found alone

  • Oct 25, 2024

Grandpa gets deferred adjudication for leaving grandkids home: Records

  • Sep 7, 2024

Mom accused of leaving 2-year-old home alone while she went to bar

  • Sep 2, 2024

Bond unchanged for mom accused of leaving kids home to go on cruise

  • Apr 15, 2024

Mom left her 2 kids alone at their Memorial home to go cruise: Records

  • Apr 13, 2024

$25K bond set for mom accused of leaving kids home while on cruise

  • Apr 13, 2024

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Mom accused of leaving kids home alone with wine bottle denies it to ABC13 cameras

  • Jun 19, 2025
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29-year-old mother who left children alone while on a cruise has done it before, court records show

  • Apr 13, 2024
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26-year-old man accused of abandoning 2 young children home alone on 2 separate occasions

  • Jan 27, 2024
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Grandpa who left kids reportedly only had A/C, food in his locked room

  • Jun 21, 2023
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Father accused of leaving 5 kids without food or AC, Pct. 4

  • Jun 20, 2023
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Mother accused of abandoning kids for 2 months arrested in Alabama

  • Mar 9, 2023
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2 kids - 3 and 12 years old - left at home without mom for 2 months

  • Feb 10, 2023
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Houston mom accused of leaving 3 kids unattended at park

  • May 3, 2022

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26-year-old man accused of abandoning 2 young children home alone on 2 separate occasions

"It's ridiculous. You should be responsible for your own kids," a woman told ABC13 after learning about the child abandonment case. Police said a good Samaritan who found one of the children wandering in the rain also told them the kids were left alone two weeks prior for as long as seven hours.

  • Jan 27, 2024

Grandfather who left 5 kids alone in Spring only had A/C and food in his locked room, officials say

The grandfather, who had custody of his daughter's kids, reportedly told deputies the reason the house was roach infested was because the kids didn't clean up like he told them to.

  • Jun 23, 2023

Grandfather accused of leaving 5 kids without food, A/C charged with endangering child, Pct. 4 says

On a day when temperatures reached over 98 degrees, deputies were dispatched to a welfare check of the five kids at the home, the Harris County Precinct 4 Constable's Office said.

  • Jun 21, 2023

Mother accused of leaving her 3- and 5-year-old kids at home without food for hours to go gambling

The 3- and 5-year-old kids were reportedly spotted crying in a window by a neighbor who called police. The mom told officers she believed their dad was watching them.

  • May 31, 2023

Montgomery Co. mother arrested in Alabama months after allegedly abandoning 2 children, police say

Raven Yates was on the run after police in Texas said she left her two small kids home alone for months. She was found and arrested three states away on Wednesday.

  • Mar 9, 2023