Child With Down Syndrome Walks Streets in 14-Degree Weather After Mother Slapped Her Face: Cops

A 12-year-old girl with Down syndrome walked the freezing streets of the near west side Tuesday evening after her mother slapped her face, police said.

The mother, 49-year-old Jeanette Kerr, was jailed on charges of domestic battery and endangering a child.

The mother’s 43-year-old roommate went looking for the girl after she left their Waverly Place home about 6 p.m., police said. The roommate reportedly told officers the child was missing for more than an hour. The temperature at the time was 14 degrees, police said.

When officers spoke with Kerr she appeared to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs, police said, and seemed “disoriented and confused.”

The girl was reportedly turned over to the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.

Kerr was released from the Will County jail on a $1,000 bond Friday evening.

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