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Ariana Baio

Disabled Texas girl was abandoned by mom and survived on cake before asking police for food, report says

Police in Texas arrested a mother after discovering she had left her daughter, who has a mental deficiency, home alone on at least two separate occasions - (Getty Images)

A Texas girl living with a disability allegedly survived on birthday cake for two days after being left home alone until she called local police to ask for food, police in Fort Bend County, Texas, told KPRC Click2Houston

Law enforcement said in November 2025, they discovered the young girl, identified by the initials “HH,” had been left home alone for two days while her mother, identified as Philippi Angela Walker, was out of the country because HH called police asking for food, according to a probable cause affidavit filed in Fort Bend County, Texas.

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