Child Abandonment

• Montreal mom charged with abandoning daughter ‘needs help,’ to remain detained

  A Montreal woman charged with child abandonment will remain in custody until her bail hearing July 3rd and 4th, after allegedly leaving her 3-year-old alone in rural Ontario.

  Crime

  Jun 20, 2025
  
• Father charged after child found abandoned at motel in Cobourg, Ont.: police

  According to the Cobourg Police Service, in August officers were called to a motel in the town after a child was left unattended in a room.

  Crime

  Sep 19, 2023
  
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• Guelph police say child left alone in apartment complex hallway

  Investigators say a four-year-old girl was found by the building superintendent Sunday morning. A 36-year-old woman was charged.

  Crime

  Feb 7, 2023
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• Peterborough woman charged with child abandonment after toddlers found playing in street: police

  Officers were called by concerned residents about two toddlers playing on a street without adult supervision. 

  Crime

  Jul 18, 2022
• Guelph man charged with child abandonment after leaving toddler at home alone: police

  Guelph police say a man arrested on drug possession and suspended driving charges told officers his two-year-old daughter was at home alone.

  Crime

  Jul 12, 2021
• Calgary parents want justice after day home operator charged with child abandonment

  The incident happened on Oct. 29, 2020. Calgary police said 26-year-old Cherice Anderson has been charged with five counts of child abandonment.

  Crime

  Mar 18, 2021
• Boy, 2, abandoned with note at Goodwill drop-off in Mississippi

  One person has been arrested in connection with the incident, according to police in Southaven, Miss.

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  Dec 15, 2020
• Parents charged after toddler found alone in vehicle outside Edmonton casino

  Two people have been charged after an 18-month-old child was left alone in a vehicle parked outside an Edmonton casino on Monday night.

  Crime

  Oct 1, 2019
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• U.S. woman claims adopted daughter is adult ‘scammer’ with dwarfism

  Kristine and Michael Barnett are accused of abandoning their daughter in Indiana and moving to Canada in 2013.

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  Sep 25, 2019
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• Woman in Texas facing abandonment charge after allegedly leaving child alone on doorstep

  A woman is facing a child abandonment charge after she was caught on camera leaving a two-year-old boy on the doorstep of a Texas home alone.

  World

  Oct 18, 2018