Toddlers Found Wandering Streets In Diapers
RANCHO CORDOVA (CBS13) — Two toddlers wandering the streets in Rancho Cordova wearing only their diapers were found by strangers on Tuesday morning, but their mother insists it was an accident and they're safe with her.
"My kids are not in danger," Betty Williams told CBS13 through a screen door at her apartment in the 2600 Block of El Parque Drive. "They are not. I love my babies with all my heart."
Speaking minutes after being reunited with her toddlers, a boy and a girl ages 2 and 3, Williams begged for mercy — from her neighbors, the public, but mostly from Child Protective Services.
"I will do anything I have to prove and show them my kids are just fine and safe," she said. "They're just smart children who know how to open up the door and get out."
Investigators say her kids were found more than a block away from home by horrified strangers.
Jerrie Douglas heard police outside her door as they searched for nearly an hour for the kids' mother.
"They were in their diapers together saying Mommy was hurt," she said. "I guess they couldn't wake her up and they were knocking on doors around the corner here."
It was Jerrie who pieced it together that the boy and girl belonged to Betty.
"It was hard to see those kids," she said.
Williams, a single mother, said she just moved into her apartment Friday after living in homeless shelters for the past four years. She said she was exhausted from the move but at a loss for how her kids got out.
"I don't know how they got past four locks," she said. "Four locks!"
Now she's praying their new life doesn't end before it's barely begun.
"I'm doing this all alone," she sobbed. "You don't know what I've been through. Jesus Christ, Jesus help me. I don't know what's going to happen. I don't, but I don't have no help. These kids is 2 and 3 years old, and I do this all by myself."
Deputies returned the children to the apartment, which they said was in good condition, but referred the case to CPS for follow-up.
