What time did you find him? Like 50. 8:50. Just to fill you in, your one-year-old was found in the middle of the road by a stranger. Thursday, September 14th, 2023, El Paso, Texas. Police received a call from a woman who reported finding a baby playing alone at the intersection of North Melindre Street and Parker Road. The situation was deeply troubling. The baby was found alone and dirty, and authorities needed to act fast to locate the parents. But nothing could have prepared them for what they were about to find. I'm Tyler and this is your daily dose of crime. This lady's dropping off her husband and this little guy is literally that work spotless right there just standing pushing up a little. They're code 19er. So the guy comes out he's really a code 19er but I have 982 coming so she can help out because she's familiar with her. The other kids the siblings go to Alama Elementary and she's been seeing she said she's been yelling at them. Nobody's coming out. Everybody's on foot. She's the one that the caller. She's the one that call the caller. She dropped off her husband. She passed by and the baby the little one-year-old was standing right here where that white spots at in the middle of the road pushing that little cart or some little toy cart. She figures it came from there cuz she's familiar with the house. So, she's yelled and yelled and nobody's come out. When they do come out, mom's probably going to come out. She has he has other siblings that CYFD is currently looking at. They have an open case. I know I talked to 699 about them and everything. They're aware of it. But uh the dad probably won't come out cuz she's car 19 foot 16. You haven't tried making contact? No, I haven't tried it. No, I was just I brought it on this side and we're probably going to she changes maybe we'll move it forward. I like her with the kids standing in front of this house. Okay. We've had 1080s, code sevens, everything that we can make contact. Yeah, I'll do that. What? Yeah, he's just standing there. He's probably the one that they took us when they had the swat call. He was a couple months old. Did they be injured? Yeah. No, we're going to do a med check though here in a little bit. Upon arriving on scene, officers were met by the woman who had made the call along with the baby. According to the woman, after finding the child, she had spent several moments searching nearby homes for the parents, but couldn't find anyone who even recognized the child. Eventually, she managed to locate a home she believed was connected. She knocked on the door multiple times, but nobody seemed to be inside. The situation quickly became more distressing and she feared something may have happened to the parents. But how would authorities handle this unfolding case? Hey, police department. Anybody come out? I can't go through the back. I'm not like searching for anything. I'm just trying to figure out who this kid is. Hey, police department, step out. We have your child. You have to have climbed out through a door. Like an open door through somewhere. I mean, there's a stroller over here and stuff. I don't want to get too far into cartilage and all that. Yeah. Ask neighbor. So, what we're going to have to do is we're going to have to knock and knock and knock until they probably get pissed off or they actually wake up from their high and they could open the door for us cuz there's other kids in there unless they they're they made it to school miraculously cuz they're not going to school. That's we've gotten complaints on them. Who else can come out here maybe take possession of the baby, bring a car seat for us? Uh maybe we can get like an maybe a family member if I can get a hold of him. Um but chances that happen what else do we have within our department that can help us too? I'm sure you've talked to them. I'm sure they talk to you guys on what they provide. See why these could be hours away. Go ahead. C is not we're not ready to call them. I'm going to have this one so we can get moving on. I'm going to call victim's assistance to come out here. Let them know the age of the kid. They could come out here with a car seat. Usually they have a car seat. They could get a car seat and get this kid back 81. Okay. Or you can have central dispatch call them. Uh they'll probably call you because they want more information directly from the officer to say, "Hey, you know what? Do you have out there?" Okay. Well, we have this one kid that abandoned childy. Uh contact. That's a number. When you're done with this call, I want you to get with your FTO's and get the number cuz they have an on call number. Have it with you. You can call them outro. They'll bring they'll take care of the baby while you're doing this. They'll change the baby. They'll they'll do all that stuff. A lot of times we call them out and just what it is victim's assistance. Okay? So, they'll come out, they'll feed the kids, they'll, you know, provide services to the family and all that. At the house where the baby was believed to have lived, officers knocked repeatedly and checked the area for signs of life, but there was no response. Officers discussed what to do with the child and how to contact a relative who could temporarily care for the baby while they worked to locate whoever was responsible. What's your first name? Julia. And your last name? That is. And what what around what time did you find him just laying here or just walking here? Yeah. With the mower. Um like 50 8:50. 8:50. Yeah, something like that. And then um once you were able to once you found the child, um what did he have? I know he said he had something, right? The mower. That Oh, he had that little mower. That little mower. And then just one sock and the and the clothes. Yeah. His diaper was soden. Um he's got a little bit of diaper rash. Diaper was was what? Soden. Very wet. Okay. And did you see other than him having like a rash cuz of the or what did you say he had? He definitely has a a little bit of a diaper rash on his thumb and he's kind of covered in little scratches. And would that be a burn mark on his left toe? On his left toe? Probably. Well, not a burn mark, but more of a something like that. Like a blister. Like a blister. Yeah. The woman who found the child stated she discovered him walking alone in the street wearing only one sock and some clothing. She added the baby's diaper was soaked. He had a rash, scratches, and burn marks on his feet. The condition the child was found in was heartbreaking. How could a baby end up in that state wandering the streets alone? I'm sorry. I took my daughter to school this morning. Do you live here? Yes. What is your name? Grace. I I just took my daughter to school this morning. Sorry. All right. Just give us one second. Let's talk over here. Is he okay? I'm sorry. I'm sorry I had to bring up my little ones to school. What's your name? Yes. With his dad. Where's his dad? He was in the room with him. What time did you leave to go drop off at school? Uh maybe about 8:15. 8:15 around there. What school does your child go to? Um uh to Alama, but we had to drop um my my friends started off at all the way off University Hills. Want me to knock? Do you want me to call dad? Who else inside? She left at 8:15 and she barely returned right now. That's her time that she first went to uh drop off her kid at Alama Square and then went to University Hill University. I have one more question for you. So both of those schools that you mentioned, yes, are on this side of town? No, Alamos are here and then the the little girls um that I was taking to school, they live they go to Lynen University, right? Yes. But then when you came back, you came running up the street from right here on. It's cuz I I got a ride from my my cousin and stuff. So he he um he's really bad with directions and stuff like that. So he went down too far on Alam cuz he came from that way. So he went too far down on Alam and you know right there where Madrid crosses Al the T he went up instead of coming down this way. So he just came down um car. Why didn't he drop you off in front of the house? Uh I I I don't know. I mean that's a little shady to me. No. Yeah. I haven't Which room is do you and Frank stay in? The first room right here with the air conditioner on this side. Right. Um not the one that we're looking at right here with the boards, but it's the one on this side. Right. Why isn't he answering so close to the front door? We yell through the windows. I don't know. I know. I didn't hear the nurse. They were both asleep when I left. So, I I ate for him. We have our detective show up here in a little bit. He'll probably want to talk to you. You can stick around. Uh, yeah. Yeah. The baby's mother, identified as Faith Garcia, arrives on scene and was separated from the others by an officer who began asking questions to understand what had happened. She explained that she had gone to drop her daughters off at school and had left the baby at home with his father. But something just didn't add up. When officers had knocked on the door earlier, nobody answered and there were no signs of anyone inside. The question now became, where exactly was the father. Come to the front door. Greg, you know where your one-year-old's at? You know where your one-year-old's at? No. Did you just wake up? Just to fill you in, your one-year-old was found in the middle of the road by a stranger. Complete stranger. She was out dropping off two other daughters. We got a detective here. He's going to want to speak to you. Um, so she want to just hang out right here. Officers knocked again knowing the father was supposedly inside where this time the man finally came to the door. He would be met by three officers who asked him if he knew where his one-year-old son was. The man identified as Frank Webb appeared completely confused by the officer's presence and looked as though he had just woken up. He claimed he had been sleeping and had no idea what was going on. By chance, do you know where she took off to? To go jump off the kids, I'm guessing because the time. How many kids is all the kids, man? Well, it's my two daughters and my son. Your son is the one-year-old? Yeah. What about some other kids? She's claims to stay here with you guys. Oh yeah, there's two other kids, but they don't go with her to go to school or whatever. My friend in the back, um, she usually takes those kids. Who are you guys renting to own this place from? Frank Harper. Frank Harper. That's right. Frank, what the heck? How are you today? Right. I know getting broken up by police officers. Not the best way to work out. Did they tell you why we're here? Yeah. Okay. So, obviously my main concern is, you know, we have your one-year-old son found out the street. Yeah. Unattended. Literally in the middle of the street. Lady had in the middle of the street. Okay. Here's the thing. I understand accidents happen. I understand sometimes kids get out. Okay. Um I'm here. We're here to make sure that that's what this is. Okay. So, I kind of talked uh to Faith a little bit about what's going on um and everything that happened this morning from her recollection. Okay. Can you tell me what from your point of view what happened this morning? I I wouldn't even would know what to say because I really don't remember. I just know that around the time she would go and drop off the kids and she normally takes the baby. Okay. So like I didn't even think anything else. So when she goes and drops off the kids, she normally takes Yeah. If I'm awake, I'll I'll keep the baby. Okay. Right. What time does she normally take the kids? I think at like 7 I'm not even sure. So around 7:00 usually she takes the kids. Yeah. Does she walk or drive? Walk. Where do the kids go to school? Right here. Um elementary. Does she have a Yeah. What did you guys do last night? Kids ready to make sure they had clothes ready for school and then went to sleep. Who was out here last night? Um, it was us, the kids. Uh, my friend uh who stays in the back. Um, and his kids. What's your friend's name? David. David. Yeah. And you say his kids? Yeah. Does David live here or is he just He's staying here for like the moment. Um is he staying in the house? No. He's Where is he staying in the camper? The kids stay in the house but the he stays in the camper that's in the back. Okay. So David stays in the camper kids. How many kids is that? Um two. What are the sleeping arrangements? My friend's daughters sleep on the couch and me, my my girlfriend, and um our kids sleep in the bed in the bedroom. So, you share a room or you share a bed with um your wife and the two girls? Yeah. What about? Yeah, he stays in the bed with us. Okay. So, all five of you? Yeah. How many rooms does this house have? Like four or five? You haven't made the kids their own rooms yet? No, we're still fixing up that house. Yeah. Okay. Kids like sleeping with you guys, I'm sure. Yeah. And the room there's enough room on the bed. Incredible. There's two beds. When um Faith normally leaves or when you guys leave the house, do you guys normally have like a routine of what you do when you guys leave the house? No. No. Frank was questioned further so officers could understand the home environment and get some clarity on how things had unfolded. He said he assumed Garcia had taken the baby with her as she normally takes the kids to school in the morning and the child wasn't there when he woke up. Officers approached the situation carefully, needing to understand how the child ended up in such poor condition and why no one in the home had realized he was missing. Tell me about this broken door in the back. Oh, the door on the side. Yeah. Um that one uh it needs a new door hinge completely. Okay. And uh we tried putting it up and it just keeps like falling down. So like we have to replace the whole door hinge. Do you know why I'm asking that question? No. Or for the baby to get out. I mean obviously if it's not on hinges, right? I don't know how heavy this door is. But you know if to get out he knows that it's not something that can be closed or secured. Yeah. How easy is it if that door falls on him? Is it a heavy door? It's kind of heavy to his little guy. Yeah. For, you know, it's one, you know, so I mean obviously that's concern. Yeah. Um Well, we usually have the the room that it leads to. We usually have those doors blocked. Okay. Also, just in case. And Yeah. Um is there any use in the house? No. No. How about alcohol? No. No marijuana? Uh I smoke sometimes. Yeah. Okay. Do you smoke it or vape? I smoke it. You smoke? What do you smoke when you smoke? Usually outside in the back. How many times would you say you smoke a week? Once. Twice. Once or twice. Yeah. And the reason why I'm asking these questions is I'm learning that there's been, you know, she she's telling me that, you know, she's been involved with CPS prior. Um there's been allegations, drug use and stuff like that. That's why I'm asking. Obviously, I'm just asking. Um she is the one that told me that she in April that she's in the hospital for a while. Yeah. It's crazy. She um overdose. She had a heart failure and um Yeah, she had heart failure. That's why she was in the hospital. Okay. So, it wasn't a Yeah, I know. And you guys have been together this whole time? Like, how long have you guys been together? For almost 10 years. 10 years. Any breaks in between you guys' relationship? Not really. No. And then all the kids are yours? No. How do you think out of the house? Probably the the door that's open. Which door? That back door. That back door. Yeah. And they told they told you where they found him, right? Yeah. In the middle of the street. Listen, either way, I'm going to get in this house. Yeah. I'd like to do it with your guys' cooperation. Yeah. Rather than have to keep you guys out of your house and do it for him. There's a lot of reports that we have from CPS in reference to possible drug use, inadequate shelter, which obviously you guys have house. I can see you have electricity. I have to double check. Make sure you have water. Make sure that you have fridg, you know, food for yourself and for the kiddos. Officer Custom stated that she was just here a month ago. She walked through your house. She saw that. Yeah, it was a little messy, but was it unlivable? You know, you guys have three kids. You guys are fixing up the house. Um, she said that you guys have electricity, you have running water, you have enough to, you know, provide for your kids, which that I'm happy about. Okay. Um, like I said, a mess here and there that can be cleaned up, that can be that can be fixed. When the investigator asked Frank how he thought the baby had gotten out, he simply replied that perhaps the baby had gone through the back door, which was broken. But could a one-year-old really open a door on his own? And even if he could, how did Frank not hear it? Now, authorities had to search the home and check the family's living conditions in order to understand how the baby ended up like it did. What they found inside would be even worse. Is there any dogs or anything in there? There's a little puppy, but he has any weapons or anything that you know do you guys own firearms or anything like that? No, no firearms. No firearms. Okay. Who's who sleeps in this room? Two uh my friends. Two daughters. Okay. So, they take care. Yeah. How old are they? Um, I'm not even sure. Teenagers. Kiddos. Teenagers. For teenagers? Yeah. Whose phone is that? Do you know? You have to touch it. I just Oh, yeah. That's my phone. That's your phone? Yeah. Okay. So, this is the living room. Yeah. Kids stay the girls sleep here. Yeah. You sleep in here? Yeah. You sleep on the bed? Yeah. This is the bathroom. Yeah, that's the bathroom. Where do you guys go to the bathroom? Right over here. That's the bathroom. This is Whose room is this? This is the landlord's. Are you guys allowed to be in it? Um, it was shut last thing I knew, but um it was open right now. But who's just the closed room? The closed room? Yeah. Do you remember? Was it like this last night when you checked it? No. No. How was it? Just describe it to me the way it was. Oh, I I put it in the hinge and I put it, you know, in its spot. So, this was moved. Obviously, you're saying that this was Yeah. I'm guessing my friend came in because they in the same way. How do you guys cook? I don't know how to cook this outside that hot. Yeah. As officers entered the home, they immediately noticed the mess in the entryway. Windows are covered with various materials. Trash is strewn about the floor and furniture. And the deeper they go, the more chaos they uncover. The conditions were clearly unfit for children. It was only getting worse. The door the baby supposedly went through wasn't even attached. Anyone could have walked in or out with absolutely no effort. What kind of parents would allow their children to live like this? You guys have food stamps? Yeah. Who gets them? You or her? She does. The air conditioning. Is it just fans or do you have like a just a window? That unit right there? Yeah. Okay, there's one in the room. In that room. Okay. All right. Walk with me outside. So, I'm going to have these guys to take photos of everything right now inside the house. We're not going to go into that room so that we can um [Music] The couple were questioned about the blisters and scabs on the baby's feet, and they claimed that he had stepped into the ashes of a fire pit, and they only applied some burn cream instead of seeking medical attention. The baby was immediately transported to the hospital where he received treatment and was later transferred to UMC due to the severity of the burns. Frank Webb and Faith Garcia were both arrested and charged with reckless injury to a child causing serious bodily harm.