The Four WEAVER Childen - 5 Months to 13 yo - Clover/ Rock Hill SC

CLOVER --


A Clover woman who went missing for several days last week has been accused of abandoning her four children, police say.
Jennifer
Leigh Weaver, 31, has been charged with four counts of unlawful child
neglect, according to police documents. Her bond has been set at
$10,000.
After receiving a tip, Clover officers went to conduct a
welfare check Friday at Willow Oak Circle Apartments and learned Weaver
had not been seen since Thursday morning, according to Clover police
reports. She had left her four children — boys age 13, 4 and 5-months
and a 12-year-old daughter — alone overnight in the apartment, the
reports state.







































Jennifer Leigh Weaver




















At first, the oldest boy said his mother was at work, but he could
not give any more information about her job. Then the son admitted he
hadn't seen Weaver since Thursday morning when the children left for
school.
On Friday, the older children stayed home from school to
take care of the baby, reports state. They did send their 4-year-old
brother to pre-school on a bus.
Police notified the Department of
Social Services to place the children in protective custody, but in the
meantime their grandfather arrived and identified his step-daughter,
Weaver, as their mom, reports state.
The grandfather told police
that Weaver likely left because of a "substance abuse problem" and that
she has done so in the past.
The oldest children's father, who
lives in Georgia, was notified and said he would pick up his children
soon, police said. The younger two boys' father lives in Mexico and is
not involved, said Capt. David Dover.
While officers were still
at the apartment, Weaver's sister from North Carolina arrived and said
the children had lived with her for 10 years until this past August.
They went back to live with Weaver only after the sister thought she was
living better, the report states.
A South Carolina Law Enforcement background check on Weaver did not list any previous arrests.
The sister offered to take temporary custody of all four children.
Police issued a missing person report on Weaver and checked hospitals and detention centers with no luck, reports state.
Two
days later, Weaver's parents told police they talked to her on the
phone that day and Weaver told them she was checking herself into a
rehab facility for help, the report states.
Then on Monday, Weaver turned herself in to police.


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