Update: Mom who dumped son says she was stressed out
The 13-year-old boy was left with $10, extra clothes and luggage. The mother’s good-bye message was, “Just do what you have to do, and I’ll check back with you soon,” the teen told police, according to a Detroit Free Press report.
The mom had driven 725 miles from suburban Detroit to drop him off in Nebraska, the only state in the country that allows parents to abandon kids without facing criminal charges. The boy is now in state custody and a hearing is scheduled for Oct. 27 to determine whether she will get him back or terminate her parental rights.
The teenager told authorities that after his mother dumped him, she said he “would realize she wasn’t kidding anymore.” She apparently couldn’t deal with his behavioral problems. She made the 12-hour trip with the child’s aunt and grandmother and left the boy at a Omaha hospital on Monday.
