Boy Found Alone Outside Casino
10-Year-Old Reunited With Mother
POSTED: Sunday, August 26, 2001
UPDATED: 12:26 pm EDT August 26,
2001
DETROIT -- A 10-year-old boy who was found alone outside of the Greektown Casino has been reunited with his mother, police say.
Police say that the boy's mother went to the casino Saturday night to gamble. She told the boy to wait in a hallway inside Trappers Alley with his 23-year-old cousin. Police say the boy's cousin disappeared a short time later, leaving the youth alone.
The boy was taken to the police child abuse unit.
Officers located the boy's mother and they were later reunited.
Police say that the 23-year-old could face child neglect charges.
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