Juvenile found abandoned at rest area with conflicting family info, Cass County IA


A juvenile was found abandoned at a rest area. She said her mother is dead and father uses drugs, but she also said her mother might be alive elsewhere. Authorities are checking her welfare and trying to identify her.
Audio|Source: Cass, Montgomery, Page, Fremont Counties Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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I have a Black 278 for Taurus, Iowa, Plainee Paul, and Mary Victor, 931, potentially was one of the rest area attendants.
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As a juvenile in her car, the juvenile was out trying to get anybody to pick her up, stating that her parents, her mother was dead, her father was on drugs.
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Abandoned at the rest area.
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We're just trying to check a welfare identifier. She's also been giving information that potentially her mother's alive and in West Illinois, but she tried to call me out of Indiana and Virginia to come pick her up.
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Independence Rd, Iowa
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