Woman arrested after leaving boy alone with no food for over a week

FLORIDA- 39-year-old Autumn Lee Beede was arrested by police on Sat for allegedly leaving a boy by himself for almost 2 weeks with no food or water.

According to the Pensacola News-Journal, police say that Beede allegedly left the boy for 9 days while she was out and about. The boy was left in filthy conditions, with no food, water or even electricity.

Police say that the boy told them he had been living with a male, but that person was arrested on Feb. 5.

The Sheriff’s dept says the boy was left alone from Feb. 5 to Feb. 14.

Police made a welfare check to the home on Feb. 14, after a neighbor said they were concerned when the boy had asked him for water and he witnessed his living conditions.

The boy told police he had survived the nearly two weeks of horror by asking people for food and water..

Beede was charged with child neglect was put on a $5000 bond, but she was later released on Sunday. It’s unclear what the relationship is between the boy and the woman.

 

 

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