CA - 3 year old Audrey left in parking lot in Los Angeles

[24Roses]

She looks to be an older 3-year-old. I work with children her age and yes they are very vocal. Most know their parents names and their own name and age. I'm thinking she may be of different ethnicity than Caucasian and may need a translator to communicate. Darling little girl; I hope this gets resolved in a good outcome before Christmas.

 

[Kaliste]

She looks to be an older 3-year-old. I work with children her age and yes they are very vocal. Most know their parents names and their own name and age. I'm thinking she may be of different ethnicity than Caucasian and may need a translator to communicate. Darling little girl; I hope this gets resolved in a good outcome before Christmas.

I think she looks 3-4. Maybe the older end of 3. Most 3/4yr olds are chatterboxes and should be able to tell more than you'd like them to. I wonder if they gotten many tips. Surely a relative, neighbor, day care worker, recognizes her. I'm wondering if she is from out if the are. Someone is missing this child.

This is making me so sad. I hope her mother is ok. I hope any siblings are safe. I hope this little girl isn't scared and worried.

 

[kimi_SFC]

I tweeted the image and link to the CBS2 Local news story ( :tyou: zwiebel!) twice with several different hashtags.

Hoping the retweets will help Audrey find her way back to her Mom/Dad/family. , I can't imagine anyone NOT missing her, and I hope she finds her her way home!

I am baffled, worried, and honestly don't know what to make of this one. :waitasec:

With the current trend of the cases I'm following, I'm trying to tell myself this can't be as sinister as it seems, right? lease:

This little girl deserves a miracle....

raying:


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[CoverMeCagney]

I reckon an "old" 3 as well. She'll be able to give them plenty of info, it just won't be complete or totally reliable! But she'll know her full name and who left her there. Hope parents haven't come to any harm.

 

[Kaliste]

Breaking Audrey news!
http://abc7.com/news/girl-3-abandoned-at-the-grove-shopping-center-reunited-with-parent/445486/

She has been reunited with her parent. Nothing else is said

 

[Kaliste]

So... What the heck happened? Mom just needed a break and figured Valet was a good enough sitter? I hope we get more info.

 

[GinaSeikwa]

So the father supposedly searched for her until 11pm at The Grove and not one security officer, valet, information agent etc.. Thought to make the connection? Hmmmm. And then he what said "oh well she's not here too bad" and went home to bed and didn't think to contact police until this afternoon. I hope the police investigate this "father" thoroughly. Poor little girl.
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/l...-Shopping-Center-Valets-Police-286494341.html

 

[IHAVENOCLUE]

Breaking Audrey news!
http://abc7.com/news/girl-3-abandoned-at-the-grove-shopping-center-reunited-with-parent/445486/

She has been reunited with her parent. Nothing else is said

I am glad CPS is investigating...

there needs to be some double checking here...

If there was a "miscommunication"... This is one whopper...

Hard to believe a young child would be "handed off" to another "guardian" without doing it "face-to-face"...

glad the little cutie is safe... For now....

 

[Kaliste]

So the father supposedly searched for her until 11pm at The Grove and not one security officer, valet, information agent etc.. Thought to make the connection? Hmmmm. And then he what said "oh well she's not here too bad" and went home to bed and didn't think to contact police until this afternoon. I hope the police investigate this "father" thoroughly. Poor little girl.

Woah they must have updated the info in the article. Let me reread

 

[IHAVENOCLUE]

So the father supposedly searched for her until 11pm at The Grove and not one security officer, valet, information agent etc.. Thought to make the connection? Hmmmm. And then he what said "oh well she's not here too bad" and went home to bed and didn't think to contact police until this afternoon. I hope the police investigate this "father" thoroughly. Poor little girl.

I wonder if there is proof on surveillance cams of dad searching at the Grove...:no:

 

[zwiebel]

I got hysterical when my dog went missing for 30 minutes. There was no-one in the locality who didn't know. Just saying.....

 

[PeggyAnnMcKay]

What the what? The article also states that the grandfather recognized the child on the news and contacted the father.

In fact, Audrey's San Diegan grandfather who spotted her picture on a news report Sunday. He told his son Audrey was missing; police said the father told them he was already actively searching for Audrey by then.

Um....actively searching how exactly? Because there's this neato little thing called the police station where you can report missing children.

 

[GinaSeikwa]

I wonder if there is proof on surveillance cams of dad searching at the Grove...:no:

Yes indeed. He was supposed to meet her there earlier in the day so why would he think a 3 year old would still be there at 11pm? Sounds like he left her with a female relative to do his thing and he is now trying to save face.

 

[zwiebel]

If anyone manages to figure this one out, let me know! I'm just certain of one thing; no 3-year-old needs to be lost, 'miscommunicated' or dumped in a parking lot, a few days before Christmas.

I really want to buy her a Christmas present.

 

[TravelingBug]

What the what? The article also states that the grandfather recognized the child on the news and contacted the father.



Um....actively searching how exactly? Because there's this neato little thing called the police station where you can report missing children.

:rolling:

Obviously not laughing at the situation, but you put that perfectly!

I'm so glad Audrey's ok.

Like the Lt said, I'm glad they had the child and the parents were "lost."

I hope they look far, far more closely at what the heck happened and why when the daughter wasn't found nothing more seemed to happen, and it took yet another relative seeing it before real "movement" seemed to happen.

And darn if that Audrey isn't a complete little doll!

 

[katydid23]

This is ridiculous. Who 'drops off' a 3 yr old and drives away with out seeing the other person is there? And why didnt they call each other? This makes no sense.

 

[RLynne]

Pure speculation. Custody transfer gone awry? When I used to work in family law, when there was significant tension (but not safety issues), I would often encourage parents to find a child-friendly, public place to do exchanges (to avoid temptation into getting into fights when someone goes to someone else's house--if there are safety issues, established child-exchange centers or, as a last resort, police stations work). Fast-food restaurants with play areas and libraries are good places, for example -- lots of folks around, and something to do for the parents/child if someone is running late. A mall food court wouldn't be too bad of a place.

So let's the parents agree to meet at the mall, but there's confusion about exactly where/when. For some reason, Mom *really* doesn't want to see Dad today (or wants to teach him a lesson because he's *always* running late). So, Mom drops the child off at the agreed upon (or not) location, and just leaves. The police get involved and take the child. Dad goes to where he *thinks* he's meeting Mom, and no one's there. Or he gets to the parking area but he's late (or, say, really early--he thought they were meeting two hours earlier than Mom thought).

Dad says he's looking for the girl at the mall until 11 pm -- what he's doing is calling Mom's cell phone, walking around the mall looking for Mom, etc. Finally he decides, "Eff it, she's messing around with my placement time, AGAIN, I'll have to call my attorney in the morning," and gives up. He's "actively" trying to get ahold of his daughter in that he's calling/emailing Mom, Mom's friends, etc. But remember, in this scenario, Mom is p*ssed at Dad for some reason, so she's turned off her phone and not checking messages.

It's the only thing that makes sense to me. Trust me, in family law, I have seen split-up parents who communicate *just* this poorly (and if there's a history of one parent not turning over the kids for placement time, it would NOT be unusual for the cops not to be called -- 99% of the time that I saw, if one parent called the cops, they would just tell them that it was a matter for family court and they couldn't do anything, even if they were showed a court order).

 

[CoverMeCagney]

Audrey’s father told authorities he had planned on meeting his daughter at The Grove in West L.A. so they could take a family photo in front of the shopping center’s Christmas tree. He said he couldn’t find her and assumed the family member who was supposed to drop her off had already left, and took the girl with her.

“The father was not aware the child was missing,” said Lt. Jay Mastick. “He was under the impression that the child was with that family member.”

Police said the father is not facing any criminal charges at this time.

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014...in-finding-parents-of-girl-left-at-the-grove/

 

[Soulmagent]

Why is this all about the father?

Who left this baby with valet? is that an LA thing? I mean I don't leave my purse in the car for Valet, I am not about to leave my kid.

 

[CoverMeCagney]

I don't think we know who yet. But the blame clearly has to be laid at whichever adult thought it ok to leave a 3 year old child alone in a car park.
All very odd indeed, hope we get an update!