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5-Year-Old Girl Found Wandering Streets With Meth Pipe, Mom Charged

The child told the officer at the scene that she was hungry and wanted some clothes, according to police.
Credit: Overton, Rodney N.
Christina Wade (Courtesy: WOWK)

WEST VIRGINIA -- A Lincoln County Woman will face multiple charges after police say her 5-year-old daughter was wandering the streets with a meth pipe.

The child was without shoes, socks, and pants at the time of the incident.

According to West Virginia State Police, she was found in the street on Holley Avenue in Hamlin on Monday.

Officers were able to find the girl’s home based on a criminal complaint and were able to locate her mother.

Police say they found Christina Ashely Wade, the child's mother, passed out in the bed with uncapped needles and a meth pipe nearby.

Police say after several attempts they were able to wake Wade up and that she admitted to taking meth the day before.

Police also said that Wade says her mother was supposed to be watching the child at the time.

The child told the officer at the scene that she was hungry and wanted some clothes, according to police.

That officer said officials could not find food or any clothing in the home for the girl and they also discovered flea bites and lice in her hair.

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