Call me at 7:00. >> Okay. >> I missed her phone calls. >> I I got I got you. >> No. >> Okay. Because what what happened today was unacceptable. >> Baby, no. They're like, "Give me home." >> On December [music] 17th, 2025, officers arrived at a housing facility to find a 2-year-old boy wandering a frozen parking lot alone, dressed only in a diaper. While the child was shivering in 35° weather, his mother was nowhere to [music] be found. This wasn't a one-time oopsie, either. Staff noted the family had done this before. When the mother finally made her grand entrance, she brought along a suitcase full of weak explanations [music] and zero accountability. >> Ma'am, are you are you Chanel? Ma'am. Ma'am, hello. Hi, your son's okay. Can you guys see what's going on? >> Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Anything tell me what's going on. >> Ma'am. Ma'am. Ma'am, >> I don't need to talk to you guys. >> Yes, absolutely do. What? >> I don't even know who I am. >> Are you Chanel? >> No. >> Okay. So why you coming over here then? >> Ma'am, you're not going in this room. You need to tell us what's going on. >> Call three. >> 43. Tell us what's going on. Your son is okay. >> My daughter left before I could get here. >> Okay. >> Let's see what's happening. >> Okay. Just tell just tell my >> ma'am. Can Can you just talk to me here? What? So, because >> Ju just explain to me why why am I >> She left She left before I could get here, sir. >> My daughter left the school before she could get here. >> I've been door dashing all night. I dozed off trying to make money. >> Okay. >> What's your name? >> My name is Chanel. >> Okay. Is your last name Quintana? >> Okay. >> She called me She called me at 7:00. >> Okay. >> I missed her phone calls. >> I I got I got you. Just take a deep breath here. Okay. So, >> I asked them to grab my son for me before I get here. And so, that's what they're doing. They're holding my son for me. >> That way you guys wouldn't. >> And you said your daughter was watching. >> They were sleeping. Yeah. So, we're in the room. >> What's your daughter's name? >> Does she got a phone number? >> She's a suicide. >> No, I asked if she had a phone number. >> She has a number. >> I'm not calling her right now. >> Chanel tried to act like the police were the ones bothering her, claiming [music] she didn't even need to talk to them. Once she realized they had her kid, the Door Dash excuse came out. She claimed she was working all night and just dozed off in her car. Let's be real, Door Dashing is literally the one job you can do while taking your child with you. Instead, she left him behind in a diaper. >> That's not one of those goofy WhatsApp numbers, right? >> Can you show me that one more time? Unfortunately. >> Oh, I'm so sorry. I'm just all over the place. >> I got you. >> I love my son. I don't want to lose my son. >> Okay. So, uh, last night you were door dashing. What time did you start? >> Uh, I started around 9:00. My mom scanned her face. I started door dashing. >> Okay. >> By 12:00, I was like, I want to keep door dashing, but I'm ready for bed, but I kept door dashing. >> Okay, I got you. So, you you started door dashing at 9:00. Your daughter was with the kid the whole time? >> Yeah. All night. >> Okay. And your daughter? >> Yeah. >> Okay. And how old is your >> Okay. So, your daughter said that >> she was leaving to go to school. >> Yeah. She's like, "Mom, where are you?" I'm like And I told her, "Okay, I'm coming. I'm right. I'm almost there." I was I parked my uh >> I I pulled over and parked the car by uh North Avenue in Elmherst. >> Yeah. >> So, I'm thinking I'm only a few minutes away. Let me just not off. happened in this morning when I'm driving over here. I'm hitting [ __ ] traffic. >> Okay. >> Yeah, she woke me up. I She woke me up calling me telling me, "Mom, I'm about to leave. I got to go to school." And I said, "Okay, just tell to watch Logan for me till I get there. I should be no more than 20 minutes." >> Yeah. >> I came here as soon as I could, but I kept hitting traffic. >> Okay. So, I'm just going to be completely transparent with you. crying and breaking down afterward could not resolve the situation or undo the consequences. The storytelling got even shadier when she tried to throw her daughter under the bus. Claiming an older sibling was responsible [music] before school is a disgusting move for a parent. When the officer mentioned protective custody, her cool mom act crumbled. [music] It was a classic case of too little too late for a child's safety emergency. here. Okay. Just because of what happened today, um, unfortunately, I have the duty that I have to take protective custody of your child right now. >> Okay. >> No, it's it's it's it's not it's not up to negotiation. Okay. I I understand >> I understand that that you're upset about this, but I I need you to listen. Okay. >> Ma'am, I understand. Ma'am, >> ma'am. So, what I need to do is I need to contact DCFS. Okay? It doesn't mean you're not getting the kid back, you know, later tonight in a week, whatever. But we're I I need you to I need you to >> to get it together right now, okay? Cuz we got to talk a little bit more. [crying] >> No. >> Okay. Because what what happened today was unacceptable. >> Okay. It's like 30 35° out and >> Oh no. >> Your your child was roaming around in the parking lot and could have gotten run over by a car. [snorts] >> No thank you. >> Okay. Whatever. >> [laughter] >> You're going to take my baby. >> I I have no choice. Okay. >> So, what what I'm going to have you do what I'm going to have you do is I'm going to have you come downstairs with me. Okay. Yeah. >> No, I'm going to No, no, no, no, no, no. I I need to have a further conversation with you. >> In the meantime, what I am going to have you do is I'm going to have you sit in the back of my squad car. You're not going to handcuffs. I'm going to have you stay back there just while we >> The officer didn't buy the [music] traffic or napping story for a second. It was chilling to hear it was only 35° [music] out while the kid was half naked. The fake panic and crocodile tears were such a familiar sight, but the officer [music] stayed focused on the facts. He detained her right then and there for being completely unacceptable. >> Now you are detained. You are not under arrest. >> But I'm going to be >> not not not necessarily. Okay. I need to do some more followup. So let let's go downstairs and you're going to turn to the right. We're going to go over my squad car on the other side. Okay. Oh no. >> So why Hey, real quick. Why were you running across the parking lot over there? Where's your car? >> My friend didn't want to get there because they don't want to be over here. >> Okay. So, when you were door dashing, you weren't driving. We're going to go over this way. >> No, they were driving, but it's my mom. It's my mom's account. >> Okay. >> It's my mom's account cuz I don't have a valid license. >> Okay, I got you. So, real quick, just stand at the back of my car. >> Okay. Um, do you have anything in your pockets that >> Yeah, I have stuff in my pocket. >> What What do you got in there? >> Gum, nail stuff for nails. >> Okay. Do you have any weapons on you? Knives? Anything like that? >> Sharp. >> What is that? >> It's like a nail thing for nails. >> Okay, I got you. >> So, you don't have any drugs? Nothing like that? Okay. >> I don't do drugs. >> Okay. All right. come over on this side. >> Okay, I'm just gonna have you. >> Okay. >> Hey, you're not in handcuffs, so just chill out. Okay. Right now, you are detained, so I'm going to have you stay here and just relax. Okay. [laughter] >> [laughter] >> I don't deserve my baby. I don't deserve my baby. I don't deserve my baby. I don't deserve this. >> In the back seat, the self-pity [music] show began immediately. It felt rehearsed, like she was trying [music] hard to earn sympathy. The fake crying only made it worse, especially while she appeared to be texting the man she had been with all night. It's honestly surprising how people still forget that patrol cars come fully equipped with cameras, [music] microphones, and plenty of receipts to prove what really happened. >> Baby, I'm a piece of [ __ ] [laughter] They're going to take my baby. No, they're locking me up. They're taking me to jail. I'm going to jail. >> No, >> I'm in the cop car. I'm in the cop car. [laughter] >> Hold on. Don't say nothing. >> Okay. You got your phone on you? >> I do. >> I'll take that. >> Why? I'm going to jail >> right now. You're under arrest. Okay. You're under arrest. >> Well, but you're not telling me why. >> You're under arrest for endangering the life of a child. >> But how? I But I told you my daughter was telling me she's sleepful. Wait. No, I wouldn't purposely leave him. I didn't purposely leave him. No. I didn't purposely leave him. No. No. No. No. No. I didn't leave him. I didn't purposely leave him. I love myself. >> What are you doing? >> I love myself. >> Okay. What are you doing right now? >> You're trying to You're trying to lock me up. Like I don't love my son. I love my son. I would never leave him. >> Hey, you want to come over here real quick? >> Leave him. Why are you doing this? I told you what happened. >> Listen. Listen. You don't need to talk. You do not need to say anything. And you know what? Because >> I just don't understand. You told me to talk to me. >> Okay. So, I'm going to read your Miranda rightites. >> Why are you locking me up? >> Do you understand right? >> Listen, I'm not done. >> You told me you would talk. Once we get back to the PD, I'm going to ask you more questions. Okay? So, but until then, you don't need to say anything. Okay? You've been mirandized. Okay? >> In the end, Chanel's night of door dashing and napping ended with a cold ride in a squad car. Her attempt to blame her daughter and her lack of a license showed a woman who was allergic to responsibility. [music] The toddler was fortunately safe, but the scars of being left alone in a diaper [music] in December don't wash off as easily as her crocodile tears. It was a stark reminder that some people view parenting as an optional side hustle. The woman was officially charged with endangering the life and health of a child, a charge that accurately reflected her decision to leave a toddler unsupervised in freezing conditions. Child protective services took temporary custody for a medical checkup. The woman was cited and released, and custody of the child was returned to her later that day. If you found this mother's excuses as hollow as we did, make sure to like and subscribe for more reality checks. What do you think? Should the child have been returned so quickly? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below, and we will see you in the next breakdown.