CHICAGO (STMW) — Police will not criminally charge the mother of a young girl found abandoned at a North Side Chuck E. Cheese restaurant late Saturday.
The girl, who answered to the name of “Kayla” and looked to be about 2 years old, was found at the Chuck E. Cheese at 1830 W. Fullerton Ave. about 10:30 p.m. Saturday, according to an alert from the Belmont Area Special Victims Unit.
There may have been a misunderstanding between the girl’s aunt and her mother about who the child would go home with, police News Affairs Officer Robert Perez said.
The mother apparently thought the girl was going to sleep over at the aunt’s house, Perez said.
It wasn’t immediately clear which of the two women were at Chuck E. Cheese with the girl.
The girl’s mother reached out to police after the girl’s aunt contacted her when she saw coverage about the girl being found, Perez said.
The girl, who could not provide any information other than her first name to police, was turned over to the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services after police found her.
DCFS was investigating, spokesman Jimmie Whitelow said.
Criminal charges against the mother will not be filed, News Affairs Officer Michael Fitzpatrick said Monday.
DCFS, however, is continuing its investigation, he said.
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