Background: A section of the 2500 block of Yale Boulevard in Springfield, Illinois (Google Maps). Inset: Nakeia Morris (Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office).
A woman in Illinois left her children — including a 1-year-old who requires a feeding tube — with people she just met while she rode around in a vehicle under the influence, authorities say.
Nakeia Morris, 25, is in the Sangamon County Jail on a charge of DUI, according to jail records reviewed by Law&Crime.
She has also been charged with endangering the life or health of a child, area ABC affiliate WICS reported.
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On Sunday evening, at least two individuals met Morris at Comer Cox Park in Springfield, Illinois, located in the middle of the state. Their children were playing together, and these people apparently invited Morris, her 7-year-old daughter, and her 1-year-old son to their home so the kids could keep playing.
At about 10:30 p.m., Morris reportedly left the home in the 2500 block of Yale Boulevard without saying where she was headed. The residents said they tried to contact Morris, and she texted them at 2:54 a.m. the following morning saying she was on her way back.
But according to authorities, she was not actually on her way back.
The residents called police at about 5:10 a.m. on Monday saying the children had been left in their care and that their mother was nowhere to be found. Officers arrived and learned about the previous night from the callers.
Making matters worse, the 1-year-old boy had a feeding tube, per WICS, and the residents didn’t know his medical needs or when he had last eaten.
About 40 minutes after police were called, officers spotted Morris’ vehicle. Morris was allegedly riding in the vehicle’s passenger seat and appeared intoxicated.
Officers asked her about her children, to which she reportedly replied that she did not have any. She was arrested and booked into jail.
A court date was not immediately set for Morris, according to jail records.
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