A toddler is safe tonight after he was found wandering
around by himself at a condo complex in Palm Coast.
Well, she was. Pamela Comb talked with the woman who
found him and searched for his parents for an hour
before calling police.
Monday morning was anything but ordinary for Lenora Lafaro.
She was coming back from her morning jog when she
bumped into a 2 year old boy.
I found her sitting by a car tire where the
car was parked in the parking lot.
So I kind of just figured,
and I didn't see a parent around,
you know, somebody had to get her.
Lafaro, who's visiting from out of town,
then began searching for the little boy's parents.
For about 45 minutes. She was knocking on doors trying
to get this toddler home.
Nobody answered, so that's when I figured that nobody was
really looking for her and she was just wandering around
the parking lot.
She called 911 and deputies arrived.
Here they are with the child trying to figure out
who he lives with.
Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staley says deputies found a wide
open door at a nearby condo.
When they went to check it out,
they found the mom, Isabella Tucci.
The sheriff says she told them the toddler walked out
while she was sleeping.
She kind of brushed it off as,
oh, didn't have a problem.
You know, he gets out.
Well, that doesn't relieve you for the responsibility.
Child, you know, do some child proof locks on your
doors.
Take some responsibility. The sheriff says Tucci didn't have any
child proof locks.
What made this even more dangerous,
deputies say, is that there's a canal right behind the
building and this heavy traffic road right out front.
A child that size does not know right from wrong
at the moment.
So yeah, I could have ended up her being killed.
Deputies arrested Tucci. The sheriff says she tested positive for
drugs.
The two year old is now in DCF custody.
Hopefully she's in good hands after this because.
Clearly, she needs it. Reporting in Flagler County.
Pamela Comb W 2 News.
Now, deputies charged Isabella Tucci with child neglect.
She's out of jail now on a $2500 bond.