"Baby Jane" PERRY - 17 Months - Gaston (I-95 at the VA line) NC

Mother arrested for leaving toddler in car on side of interstate

Jessica Perry
mugshot photo via Gaston County Sheriff's Office

A South Carolina mother was arrested on charges that she left her 17
month old baby girl inside a freezing car, in the middle of the night,
along Interstate 85. On top of abandoning her daughter, she has also
been charged with driving on a suspended license, driving under the
influence and for possessing various prescription medications. According
to WLTX News, SC, police were
alerted to the scene when someone called in the 1996 Honda which was
stranded on the side of the road. The caller reported that a woman was
standing beside it but when police arrived, the woman was nowhere to be
found. Her daughter was found inside the car, without heat and with the doors locked.
The mother, Jessica Perry, 29, returned to the scene where the car
and her child had been left, about 30 minutes later. She reportedly told
police that her car had run out of gas and she hitched a ride to get
some gas. Perry is being held on a 25,000 bond.
http://www.imperfectparent.com/topics/2011/02/14/mother-arrested-for-leaving-toddler-in-car-on-side-of-interstate/