Articles labeled: abandoned children

I think one of the reasons why this story breaks my heart so much is because the mother allegedly left two little boys on a subway, but took her small daughter with her. It makes me think that the mother didn’t want them because they were boys, although I’m sure there is a lot to the story.

Leaving your toddler and preschooler on a Chicago subway is dangerous for so many reasons. Someone could have abducted them or they could have wondered onto a platform and fallen on the tracks. It just makes me want to scoop up ‘em and take ‘em home with me.

Chicago Police on Saturday were searching for a 24-year-old mother of three who allegedly left two of her children on the CTA Red Line on Thursday night, fleeing with the third child.

Police released a surveillance tape showing the woman, identified as Sharmaine Nicole Smith, possibly of Minnesota, leaving the 63rd Street station about 6:40 p.m. Thursday, a little girl on her hip.

Left behind were two boys, Isaiah Taylor, 6, and Angelo Gemerson, 4. Riders turned them over to CTA personnel at the 69th Street station.

Thank God a neighbor heard their cries…the mother has still not been found.

(I categorized this under “child abuse”. If the mother is found to be harmed or dead, I will re-categorize. Right now, it appears that she just left them.)

DETROIT — The grandmother of three small children who were found home alone on Thursday took the children in on Friday.

The children were taken from their Detroit home Thursday morning after police found them alone.

The children, ages 4, 2 and 1, told police they had been by themselves for at least three days.

They were discovered when the 4-year-old went to a neighbor’s home and said they were hungry.