Woman abandons toddler on stranger's doorstep!

Authorities in Houston say the two-year-old boy was abandoned on a stranger’s doorstep by a woman. The woman faces a charge of child abandonment. 

A woman called 911 when she heard a knock on her door and discovered the child standing at the door. The police reviewed the security footage and canvased the neighbourhood, asking residents if they recognised the child. The police department also posted the surveillance video on Facebook, hoping someone would recognise the pair. 

The police only found the father the following day and it turned out he lived next door and wasn't home at the time the police canvased the area. 

The surveillance camera captured a woman arriving in a white car and running towards the door with the child and bag in hand. She was then seen ringing the doorbell, knocking on the door, and then running back to her car and driving off and leaving the child behind.

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It turns out the mother was in a hospital and left the child in the care of a friend. The friend was meant to drop off the child at the father’s home but never pitched. The father recognised the child when he saw the video. The father told authorities that when the child hadn’t arrived in the afternoon, he assumed plans changed and left for the evening.

Watch the video below:

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