Father Abandons 10-Year-Old Daughter in Desert Without Shoes or Water

Father Abandons 10-Year-Old Daughter in Desert Without Shoes or Water
A lone motorcycle rider travels on historic Route 66 across the western Arizona desert on the approach to Oatman, AZ, 12 July 2003. ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images
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A woman walking her dog discovered a sobbing 10-year-old girl wandering barefoot in the Arizona wilderness and wearing only pajamas, Inside Edition reported.

The girl had been walking for 30 minutes and told the woman that her father had abandoned her in the scorching Arizona heat because she misplaced his pen, according to the Mohave Sheriff’s Department.