Saturday, June 7, 2008

Woman abandons boy at airport

Created: Saturday, 07 Jun 2008, 10:38 AM CDT
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DFW Airport security officers have found the woman who disappeared Friday morning, leaving her son behind in the airport terminal.

According to a release, officers received tips Saturday morning at about 7 a.m. about a woman walking towards the airport rental car center. Shortly after they found Joland Newberg in the same place where she was last seen Friday.

Newberg was taken in for questioning and a psychiatric evaluation related to her disappearance. She now faces charges for abandoning and endangering a child.

Friday morning Newberg arrived at DFW Airport from Arkansas with her 12-year-old son. The pair had a connecting flight to California.

The boy reported his mother missing at about 8:45 a.m. He said she disappeared while he was in the restroom in Terminal A.

Child Protective Services is caring for the boy during the investigation.

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