Two South Carolina parents have been arrested this week after they allegedly left their toddler home alone while they were on a trip to New York, authorities said.
Donald Gekonge and Darline Aldrich, both 24, were booked in the Sheriff Al Cannon Detention Center on suspicion of unlawful conduct toward a child, WCIV reported.
Police said they received a report on Nov. 17 that a 2-year-old child was alone in a Charleston apartment complex after Gekonge, the child’s father, had sent a text saying he was away in New York, WCBD reported.
When the apartment managers could not contact anyone inside the apartment, an “emergency walk-through” was carried out, cops said.
When they got into the house, they found the child, 2, sleeping on a bed in the living room, police said.
Aside from a dirty diaper, the youngster appeared to be unharmed.
EMS responders transferred the boy to MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital for further examination.
Initial attempts to…
Source: Linda Ikeji
