Mom of boy abandoned at Los Angeles train station in custody
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The mother of a 7-year-old boy who has difficulties communicating and was abandoned at a bustling train station in downtown Los Angeles was taken into custody after returning to the station about 19 hours later, police said Friday.
Police believe the boy may be deaf or autistic because they hadn't been able to communicate with him.
Workers at a cafe in Union Station first saw the boy and a woman eating together on Wednesday evening. They began to worry later when he ran into their kitchen alone and they realized the woman was nowhere in sight, said Adrienne Garrett, supervisor at Cafe Crepe.
Police bought the boy an ice cream and when he still appeared hungry, Garrett said she gave him some chicken fingers, French fries and apple juice.
A short time later, a woman who police believe is the boy's biological mother returned to the train station. After officers recognized her from surveillance video, she was taken into custody.
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