The lady, who contacted the Volusia County Sheriff’s Workplace at round 4:30 p.m., advised responding deputies that the lady had advised her she was “scorching, thirsty and hungry,” in accordance with Fox affiliate WOFL, however not a lot about who she was or the place she got here from.

The lady and a neighbor introduced the lady some toys, in addition to meals and water. In addition they offered her with clear underwear, per CBS affiliate WKMG, as she reportedly wasn’t carrying any on the time.

The lady had in her possession a small backpack containing a blanket, a marker, a Medicaid card, and a bathroom bowl cleaner used as a brush, per the arrest affidavit, and a black canine tag tied to her gown.

WOFL reported that Deltona Fireplace Rescue checked her vitals and decided she was bodily okay, however that also left numerous open questions.

As they started the seek for her dad and mom, police posted the bodycam footage of their interactions with the 6-year-old lady and the lady who discovered her.

Within the bodycame footage, which you’ll be able to see by way of the Volusia Sheriff’s Workplace Fb right here, deputies will be seen making an attempt to determine the lady’s id, the place she might need come from, and the place her dad and mom — or accountable adults — could be.

She advised them she wasn’t positive if she lived close by, however provided up Aquania when she was requested if she knew her mommy’s identify.

As for her dad and mom, the lady advised police, “They needed to go someplace,” when requested why she was dropped off on the park, however she didn’t know once they may return. She mentioned she was dropped off that morning, per a press launch from the Volusia Sheriff’s workplace.

“Mommy and daddy wanted to go cost their cell telephones,” she finally advised police, per an arrest affidavit seen by WOFL. She additionally shared that she didn’t attend faculty and mentioned the household was at present homeless.

In keeping with WKMG, the affidavit states the lady “described her house as one which leaks when it rains and mentioned she is commonly allowed to depart and stroll to shops on her personal.”

Police took the lady to the Volusia Household Useful resource Middle, the place she was related together with her grandparents, who agreed to take custody of her. The canine was turned over to Deltona Animal Management, per WOFL.

It was at roughly 1 a.m. on Saturday, greater than eight hours after police have been first contacted in regards to the deserted youngster, that authorities reported lastly monitoring down her mom and her boyfriend.

In keeping with bodycam footage seen by Legislation & Crime of this interplay, deputies have been incredulous with the dad and mom, with one heard asking them, “You allow your child on the facet of the f–king street?”

The ladies’ mom, Aquania Estes, 27, then defined that they have been at present homeless and “reside within the forest.” She advised deputies her daughter “received out from the place she was staying at.”

“I used to be making an attempt to go get water and meals,” she argued. “We’ve been going by a tough time.” Deputies reported discovering two tents within the woods the place the household had purportedly been residing.

Each Estes and her boyfriend, Pitrez Floyd, 29, have been taken into custody and charged with desertion of a kid and abandonment of an animal. They’re being held on a $51,000 bond every.