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Good, loving parents do not put their 3 year old babies outside, alone, in the dark, under a tree where coyotes roam, 100 feet from their back privacy fence as punishment for not drinking milk.
You can take this to the bank.
<modsnip> by the father's own admission, he is NOT a good, loving father.
Let's see how this plays out in the real world:
"It was about 3am and my developmentally challenged, adopted 3 year old daughter wouldn't drink her milk, so I put her outside, under a tree in a wooded area across the street from the rear of my house which sometimes has coyotes in it, well outside of my privacy fenced yard, as punishment and left her there, alone. I did this because I am a good, loving father. Then I did some laundry and checked on her at about 3:15am and she was gone. I figured she would make her way back home so I didn't worry until about 8am when I decided to call 911."
He had 5 hours to come up with a story and this is the one he chose. Expect the death penalty.