Mother abandoned her 5-year-old autistic son on the highway in a storm in Ohio

By: Real America News Updated 12 Sea 2022, 11: 70 AM EST

A woman is accused of child abuse and is detained, after putting her children at risk and abandoning one of her children who suffers from autism, when traveling from Ohio to Tennessee. The mother left him on a road where there were no sidewalks, until the county police rescued him.

Heather Adkins traveled by road to Tennessee to drop off two of the her three children. On the way back, the woman was accompanied by a man and his son under 5 years old, Martin Thomas Adkins, who suffers from non-verbal autism.

Upon reaching Copper Creek Lane in Colerain Township, stopped to open the car door and lower the child onto the road, close and start leaving the little boy to his fate , on a highway that had no sidewalks and also, there was a strong storm, revealed the Hamilton County prosecutor, Joe Deters .

The frightened child without seeing his mother nearby, stood for hours in the place where the woman left it. A driver pulled over to help him and speak to 911 reporting the case. When the boy was already safe from the police department, they shared a photo with the help of FOX 19 NOW to search for his family .

Martin’s neighbors recognized him and contacted the authorities. Investigating that the boy was not an Ohio resident, they discovered that he had been abandoned. A few days later, Heather Adkins was arrested while in Kentucky.

During an interview that Adkins of 32 years, gave for the same media outlet that helped spread the photo of his son, denied having abandoned the little boy.

“I did not abandon him. That’s why they left him there, I’m going to go back there so he knows I never left him. It will take a long time for him to trust me again, and for me to trust myself too,” said the defendant.

Adkins was transferred from Kentucky to Ohio, which is where the events took place. facts and is in a prison to await his sentence. If guilty of the charges issued, could pay a penalty of 11 years in prison.

Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters shared his feelings on the matter: “It is heartbreaking to imagine what this non-verbal 5 year old boy went through. I’m sure he was confused and hurt“.

And added: “his mother leaves him on a dangerous path, under torrential rain, to fend for himself already 70 miles from home. Disgusting is the only word that comes to mind, I think there are some who should never be parents,” he told the news.

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