2 year old toddler alone
Oakland County, California.
A child protective services officer was doing a routine home visit to check up on a 2 year old toddler. The officer knocked on the door but there was no answer. She, the officer, called one of the child's relatives and that lady hurried right over.
The two women went from window to window and peered in. Finally they saw the grandmother (the primary care person) lying motionless in a hallway. They helped each other climb in through a window and quickly located the 2 year old child playing with her toys as if nothing was wrong. Unfortunately the grandmother had passed away. The City Coroner was called and they said that apparently the grandmother had been dead for 18 hours and died of natural causes.
Thank heavens that children's protective service went there when they did. I have no idea how long a 2 year-old can survive without any food/water but I doubt it is very long.
Something about that story got to me. Poor, poor baby.