Couple arrested after allegedly abandoning their teen daughter in hotel room for weeks

SHREVEPORT, La. (TCN) — Authorities recently arrested a couple on suspicion of leaving their teen daughter alone in a hotel room for weeks.

According to the Shreveport Police Department, on April 2, officers responded to the Royal Inn and found a 15-year-old female victim who had allegedly been “left alone and unsupervised in a hotel room for approximately two weeks.” Police called the victim’s living conditions “deplorable,” and they noticed she had a “strong odor indicating poor hygiene.”

The juvenile reportedly told police that her mother, 50-year-old Angela Herring, left her at the hotel and said, “I love you, be back soon,” but she never returned. The victim allegedly apologized for her appearance and told officers she “had not bathed in two weeks but had managed to find food on her own.”

According to police, the 15-year-old said her father, 52-year-old Carey Herring, was banned from the hotel, and she hadn’t seen him since. Hotel management reportedly informed officers that Herring was removed from the property on March 19 and isn’t allowed back.

The victim also allegedly claimed she hadn’t been to school in around three weeks.

On April 2, detectives obtained arrest warrants for Angela Herring and Carey Herring on charges of improper supervision of a juvenile and criminal neglect of family. They were both booked into the Caddo Parish Correctional Center.

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