Witness describes how Miesha Perkins allegedly abandoned 8-year-old at gas station
Girl and two siblings are in foster care as Louisiana relatives worry Share Updated: 6:29 PM EST Mar 3, 2021
Girl and two siblings are in foster care as Louisiana relatives worry Share Updated: 6:29 PM EST Mar 3, 2021
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Show Transcript HE IS CURRENTLY HOSPITALIZED, AND THE WOMAN WHO DROVE OFF WITH THOSE CHILDREN IS BEHIND BARS. IT WAS MONDAY MORNING AND SHELL SERVICE STATION CLERK CHRIS MELTON SAYS HE WATCHED MIESHA PERKINS ARGUE FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES WITH A LITTLE GIRL WEARING PAJAMAS I HEARD YELLING, AND THE MOTHER WAS JUST YELLING AT THE CHILD, SAYING, LIKE, GIVE ME BACK MY KEYS, GIVE ME BACK MY KEYS, WHAT DID YOU DO WITH THEM, DID YOU HIDE THEM? TERRI: MELTON SAYS PERKINS THREW THE CHILD’S BELONGINGS IN THE DUMPSTER, AND THEN TO HIS ASTONISHMENT, DROVE OFF WITHOU HER. THIS WAS JUST AN ACT OF ABANDONMENT. THE FEMALE JUST PULLED OFF. I WAIT