Children found running naked through New Jersey street after mother leaves them alone and hungry, in care of autistic elder sibling



Francine Davis, 40, faces six counts of endangering the welfare of a child

Six children were found running naked on a New Jersey street on Wednesday, after their mother left them alone and hungry at their Jersey City apartment.



The children were rescued by worried teenagers passing by, who bathed and fed them and waited for the mother to return. She never did - so they called police.



Francine Davis, 40, faces six counts of endangering the welfare of a child.

Nilaja Wyatt, 17, said she intervened after her friend Aaliyah Glover said her mother almost ran over one of the kids.

She told MyFoxNy.com: 'They were running up and down the road- no clothes on.'

Aaliyah Glover said: ' We saw a little boy - he ran in front of our car so my mother had to swerve her car.'

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Seventeen-year-old Nilaja Wyatt (right) said she intervened after her friend Aaliyah Glover (left) said her mother almost ran over one of the kids

The friends took the six children inside, and discovered their two-year-old brother was in the upstairs apartment alone.



The door was locked, so they broke in. There was no food in the apartment and the child was crying.



The friends took the six children inside, and discovered their two-year-old brother was in the upstairs apartment alone. The door was locked, so they broke in

There was no food in the apartment and the child was crying

Wyatt said. 'He had a snotty nose, everything, crying standing by the door.'

'They were hungry,' Glover said. 'We asked them did they eat, he said he didn't eat in two days.'

Police Chief Tom Comey said Davis left the children in the care of the eldest sibling, a 14-year-old autistic child, while she went out with her boyfriend

The mother had left the children in the care of the eldest sibling, a 14-year-old autistic child, while she went out with her boyfriend, according to Police Chief Tom Comey.

He said Davis turned herself in but had nothing to say.

