The KHAMISS Children - 9 yo Disabled and 16 months - Wheaton IL

A single mother in
Wheaton was charged Monday with criminal neglect of a disabled person
and endangering the life of a child after her two young daughters were
found unattended in a "roach infested" apartment by police in the
middle of the night, authorities said.Arezou Khamiss, 28, of the
1300 block of North Main Street, was given a bail of $30,000 Monday by
DuPage County Circuit Judge Liam Brennan. Assistant State's
Attorney Mary Cronin told Brennan that a neighbor of Khamiss' heard a
child crying at 3 a.m. Monday and asked for a well-being check at the
home. Cronin said Wheaton police found a 16-month-old child crying and
a 9-year-old "profoundly disabled" child alone in the home. The
9-year-old was "unable to communicate," Cronin said.According to
Cronin, when Khamiss came home, she told police she was gone for only
20 minutes, but police said they were aware of her not being home for
at least two hours."The officer said the apartment had no
electricity and that there were roaches all over the place," said
Cronin, who didn't say where police believe Khamiss was when she was
not in the apartment.The two girls were not injured but were
checked out at a local hospital and then placed in the custody of the
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.Khamiss told
Brennan that she was a divorced single mother studying computer
technology. If convicted, she faces up to five years in prison.