For more than four days, a 21-year-old quadriplegic with cerebral palsy was left lying in the woods of Philadelphias Cobbs Creek Park with only a blanket and a Bible. His mother faced a host of charges after allegedly abandoning her son and catching a bus to Maryland to see her boyfriend.
Low temperatures reached the mid-30s during the week, and rain was reported in the area Wednesday and Thursday.
Sometime at 11 a.m., the mother went to visit her boyfriend down in Maryland, over in Montgomery County, and we believe she placed the child into Cobbs Creeks Park. He was being treated at The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia. He suffered eye problems, dehydration, malnutrition and a cut to the back that has raised infection concerns.
Officials at Philadelphias School of the Future, which the man attends, became concerned when he didnt show up for classes and tried to contact his mother but eventually reached an aunt.
When police tracked down the mother, she told them her son was with her.
There was no reason for the man to suffer, police said, because the mother had sisters willing to take care of him. Two of his aunts, who have tried to obtain guardianship of him, were staying with him at the hospital. The mother has another child, a 16-year-old, who is also being taken care of by family members.
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