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NewsSeptember 16, 2003

ST. LOUIS -- A motorist in East St. Louis, Ill., early Monday found a toddler wandering the street wearing nothing but a diaper, police said. It happened shortly after 2 a.m. The motorist took the child to St. Louis television station KMOV, where police were called. Investigators found the child's mother at about 6 a.m. and took her into custody. She had not been charged by mid day...

The Associated Press

ST. LOUIS -- A motorist in East St. Louis, Ill., early Monday found a toddler wandering the street wearing nothing but a diaper, police said.

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It happened shortly after 2 a.m. The motorist took the child to St. Louis television station KMOV, where police were called. Investigators found the child's mother at about 6 a.m. and took her into custody. She had not been charged by mid day.

The child was not hurt, police said.

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