Doral resident finds a 3-year-old boy alone, sleeping outside her doorstep

Doral police officers responded to a report of a 3-year-old boy left alone at the Apex apartment complex. (Google Street View)

DORAL, Fla. – A 3-year-old boy from Daytona Beach was sleeping on the floor of an apartment building alone in Doral while his 25-year-old mother was undergoing plastic surgery, police said.

Jessica Renteria appeared in Miami-Dade County court on Friday after residents of the APEX apartment complex along Northwest 104 Avenue near 82 Street reported seeing the toddler wandering around.

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Police officers arrested Jessica Renteria for child neglect in Doral. (MDCR and Google Street View)

According to a police report, surveillance video shows Renteria left the third-floor apartment she had rented through Airbnb at 10:12 a.m., and her son walking out by himself at about 1:13 p.m.

A first-floor resident reported finding the toddler sleeping just outside her doorstep shortly before 4:15 p.m. A detective found Renteria at the hospital after she underwent cosmetic surgery.

Renteria told the detective she had asked a friend to watch him, but he told police that he had no idea the boy was alone. She was facing a charge of child neglect with no bodily harm. Her bond was $1,000.

Detectives asked anyone with information about this or other cases to call Miami-Dade County Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.


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