Woman living in hotel charged after toddler found ...
by Marietta Daily Journal Staff
01:21 PM, Tuesday, May 21
A local woman living in a hotel in Kennesaw is accused of neglecting her 4-year-old child after leaving the child home alone for six hours. Fumiko Blakely allegedly left her child without supervision at the Green Roof Inn and Suites while she w...

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