Omaha police find cold, crying toddler alone in parked car

[PeoViejo]

Published Friday, January 3, 2014 at 1:00 am / Updated at 9:32 am
By Kevin Cole / World-Herald staff writer

"A 2-year-old child found cold and alone Wednesday night in a parked car near 50th Street and Ames Avenue has been taken into protective custody.

Officer Michael Pecha, a spokesman for the Omaha Police Department, said officers were called to the parking lot outside a bank at 5018 Ames Ave., about 6:30 p.m. to check on an intoxicated woman who was on the ground. As officers called for an ambulance, they noticed a vehicle in the middle of the lot with the engine off, the lights on and the driver's door open.

Inside the car, they found the woman's daughter crying and cold to the touch, Pecha said. The child was taken to the Nebraska Medical Center and her mother, Kimberly Deleau, 41, of Omaha, was taken to Immanuel Medical Center."

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[In_The_Wind]

1. It's better for this child to be in foster care.