She was trying to teach her to be brave huh ? Tough love is a b*tch !An Indianapolis woman accused of abandoning her 11-year-old daughter on a street corner faces preliminary neglect charges.
Deborah Mathis, 32, was released on her own recognizance after she was arrested by Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers. A court hearing is scheduled for Thursday.
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According to a police report, officers were called late Sunday by employees of a Burger King at 2953 Lafayette Road, who said a girl had been kicked out of a car by her mother. The child was found at 11:46 p.m. Sunday.
The woman told police she was trying to show her daughter how "to be brave" by dropping her off on a street corner, leaving and not saying when she would return.
The daughter was placed with the Department of Child Services.
