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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Graig Graziosi

Parents charged after moving away and leaving 14-year-old behind and alone for a year, cops say

The bedroom of a mobile home in Alabama where a 14-year-old girl had been left to live on her own for nearly a year - (Mobile County Sheriff's Office)

A mother and a stepfather have been charged with child abuse after they allegedly moved to Florida but left their 14-year-old daughter home alone in Alabama for almost a year.

Officials from the Mobile County Sheriff's Office said the teenager was left to share a mobile home with the family's seven dogs. Investigators noted that the home was in deplorable condition. Urine and feces were found throughout the home as were roaches and trash, according to WALA.

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