Florida Mother Arrested for Leaving 3-Year-Old Son Alone to Get Plastic Surgery

Jessica Renteria was arrested in June on charges of child neglect after she allegedly left her three-year-old son at an apartment complex to get plastic surgery

A Florida mother, Jessica Renteria, 25, was arrested on charges of child neglect after leaving her three-year-old son alone in her Doral apartment to undergo plastic surgery on June 27. Police were called to the apartment complex around 4:15 p.m. after tenants found the child wandering the premises unsupervised.

Recently released bodycam footage shows an officer finding the boy and asking him where his parents were. Officers searched the complex, knocking on doors in hopes of locating the child's mother. One tenant remarked that the situation was reminiscent of a previous incident where a mother left her child alone to go on vacation.

A three-year-old boy was left alone while his mother went to get plastic surgery

Renteria was eventually found a few miles away at a cosmetic surgery center. She claimed a friend was supposed to be watching her son, but the friend denied being asked to care for the child. Renteria was arrested at the clinic, still dressed in her post-surgery robe and head wrap.

Authorities revealed that the boy had been left alone for six hours, with one tenant discovering him asleep in a corner of the complex. Renteria's trial is scheduled for December 2. This incident follows a similar case in Houston, where a mother was accused of leaving her children alone to go on a cruise.