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Woman faces neglect charge after child found wandering naked in Boone County

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A woman was charged with child neglect creating risk of injury after police found her child roaming naked in the streets of Madison late last month
Woman faces neglect charge after child found wandering naked in Boone County

Robert Fields | WVOW News


MADISON A woman is facing a child neglect charge in Boone County after police said her three-year-old child was found wandering naked through the streets of Madison.


According to a criminal complaint filed in Boone County Magistrate Court, police were notified on August 21 that a three-year-old child was lying naked in the grass in the 200 block of Washington Avenue.


Officers said the child was still naked when they found her and was chasing a dog down a street.


Mugshot of 20-year-old Elizabeth Nicole Jones sourced from the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation website
Jones, Elizabeth Nicole, 20, is currently being held at Southwestern Regional Jail

Police said 20-year-old Elizabeth Nicole Jones of West Jefferson, Ohio, then came running down the street and identified herself as the child’s mother. She reportedly told investigators the child got out of the house while she was in the bathroom.


Jones was arrested and charged with child neglect creating risk of injury. She entered a plea of Not Guilty on August 24 and has a preliminary hearing scheduled for Tuesday, September 8, before Judge Danny Moore.


She is currently being held at Southwestern Regional Jail on a $25,000 cash-only bond.


PHOTO | File, WV DCR


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