(Halifax County, Va.) — A Halifax County woman has been charged with child neglect after her four-year-old wandered away from home last week, prompting a five-hour search of a wooded area behind her Nathalie home.

23-year-old Amy Carol Cash of Stoney Ridge Road was charged in connection with an incident that occurred on Valentine’s Day.

The 4-year-old boy was found safe in his pajamas less than a mile from the family’s home, unharmed.

The Halifax County E-911 Center received a call at 6:30 p.m. on February 14 that the boy was missing. Family members said the child had been gone for more than an hour and may have wandered off with the family dog.

About four hours after the search started, a state trooper who was part of a K9 search team located the boy in a heavily wooded area about three-quarters of a mile from his home.

 

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