Police: 3-year-old girl lived alone with dead mom for days
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EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — A 3-year-old girl lived alone with her dead mother for several days in their apartment with nothing to eat but cereal that had spilled on a floor, police officials said.
Authorities said the child’s 37-year-old mother was found dead in a bedroom of the East Hartford home on Monday when a social worker went to check on the girl because she hadn’t been in day care for several days. Police identified the mother on Thursday as Twanna Toler.
Lt. Joshua Litwin said investigators do not know exactly how long the girl had been living alone but said it was “definitely more than a couple of days.” The girl was dehydrated but is expected to be OK, Litwin said. She was taken to Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford.
Police said they found no evidence of a crime or break-in. Investigators are awaiting results of an autopsy by the medical examiner’s office.
