The disappearance concealed an abandonment. A young American mother, who had entrusted her 4-year-old daughter to her roommate “for a few hours” without providing any further updates, had actually decided to skip town.
The case, reported by Ouest-France, begins on March 15th. 21-year-old Yasmin leaves her child with her friend, claiming that she is going to visit her family in Tijuana, on the Mexican side of the border.
But, when she is supposed to return in the evening, she is still not back the next day. Her roommate is unable to reach her and therefore contacts the Santa Ana police (California).
The authorities waste no time in issuing a missing person report. “She always had someone to take care of her daughter. She never left for more than two days without her, so it was very suspicious to us.”
A few days later, the news comes out: the young mother is “in Mexico of her own accord.” So, not a worrying disappearance, but a escape. Her 4-year-old daughter had to be placed in the child protective services.
Last summer in Vénissieux, in the suburbs of Lyon, two children aged 6 and 2 were found wandering the streets, claiming that “their mother had gone on vacation.”
The two minors, who reportedly spent three nights outside, were taken care of by the Departmental Institute for Children and Families (IDEF), a structure specialized in emergency care for minors. An investigation was opened for parental abandonment.
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