The child was barefooted and located within a very close distance to a busy traveled road.
Author: Dalisa Robles (WBIR)
Updated: 1:57 PM EDT April 22, 2021
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A mother has been charged after reports of a wandering child found near a busy road in Knoxville, according to an arrest record.
Detective Shuford along with Knox County Patrol Units responded to Old Colony Trail on Barbee Road after reports of a wandering child. The arrest record shows the incident was reported Tuesday around 9:20 a.m.
Detective Shuford said he contacted the witness who explained that he was traveling on Old Colony Trail when he noticed an unattended child, under 2 years of age, standing on the edge of the sidewalk facing the road.