PAYSON, Ariz. (AP) - Authorities say a woman is undergoing a medical evaluation after allegedly abandoning her three young children along a north-central Arizona highway and later being found wandering naked.
Arizona Department of Public Safety officials didn’t immediately release the name of the 27-year-old woman Wednesday.
They reported receiving a call about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday about a woman and her children stranded on State Route 87 south of Payson after their vehicle ran out of gasoline.
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DPS troopers arrived and found the girls - ages 1, 3 and 4 - alone inside the car but unharmed.
A passer-by reported seeing a naked woman wandering in the lanes of State Route 87 around 6:30 a.m. Wednesday about two miles from where the girls were abandoned.
DPS officials say they’re still investigating the case.
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