HOMESTEAD, Fla. – Homestead police arrested a distraught mother in Homestead, after law enforcement focused for hours on finding her 5-year-old daughter Tuesday.
Geneva Pearson told police she realized her daughter Geneya was not in the house about 9:30 a.m. The mom was unaware that her little girl wandered out of the home alone to get to the daycare's bus, when she heard the horn Tuesday morning, police said.
Homestead police Det. Fernando Morales said Pearson didn't notify police until hours later. Police bloodhounds were involved in the search Tuesday afternoon. Authorities issued an Amber Alert and established a post to coordinate efforts at the Homestead Police Athletic League, 600 SW 14 Ave.
About 5 p.m., police said they learned little Geneya had been safe at a day care all along. The driver of the daycare's bus showed up to drop her off at the house. Geneya's uncle, who did not want to be identified, said the daycare reported having picked up the little girl from the home Tuesday morning.
"She should have known where her child was," Morales said.
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