After a little girl was found walking around the streets of West Hollywood alone, a man identified as her father was arrested, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department exclusively told NBC4 Investigates Friday.
The 5-year-old child was spotted at around 11 a.m. Thursday after someone called 911, seeking help for the girl who was wandering around and asking for food.
She also had marks around her neck, officials from the sheriff’s department described. When doctors examined her, they found more signs of abuse on her body.
When deputies tracked down her residence after speaking with neighbors, they went to the house and found a man who identified himself as the girl’s father.
Jail records show the child’s father is 33-year-old Cody Jefferies, who was booked for felony corporal injury on a child and neglect.
Investigators from the sheriff’s department’s special victims unit are taking over the investigation, as the girl was taken into protective custody.
Hours before the West Hollywood girl was found, deputies in Santa Clarita had located another young child, aged 6, wandering in a busy intersection with a backpack and a dog Wednesday night.
Source: NBC Los Angeles
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