Report of child left alone on Garfield Park street was bogus, police say
Apr 14, 2026
Police now say that a report of a little girl who was left alone outside on a West Side street Monday evening was unfounded and police are moving to charge someone for filing false information, according to Chicago police. Initially, police said the girl, believed to be between 2 to 3 years old, was
found around 6:50 p.m. in the 4300 block of West Van Buren Street by a female left her and fled in a black SUV, police said. After launching an investigation, police found out the information about the girl, who they said they'd identified, was false. Earlier, police described the girl as having brown hair with braids and she was wearing a pink coat with maroon and yellow strips, a pink Mickey Mouse sweater, pink Hello Kitty shoes, pink Adidas book bag containing diapers and an iPad with a pink case, officials said.Area 4 detectives are investigating.
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