Mother accused of abandoning autistic teen, brother at ‘deplorable' Blair County home
BLAIR COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — A Roaring Spring mother is facing charges after allegedly abandoning her autistic teen son and his younger brother for multiple days, according to Pennsylvania State Police.
Elaine Marie Pilkerton, 32, was charged with two counts of endangering the welfare of a child after troopers were called about her two boys being abandoned at their home.
According to a police report from PSP Huntingdon, the boys were left for two weeks, May 2 to May 16, at their home, alone. The eldest son, 14, reached out to a friend's mother after they ran out of food to eat.
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Troopers said the boys' father in Texas was contacted, and then their grandmother drove from Maryland to take custody of the boys.
According to troopers, Pilkerton claimed she only left them for three days to cross state lines for work. The boys, however, told troopers she left to go to Tennessee with her boyfriend.Troopers noted that when they responded to the house, it was in deplorable conditions with trash and feces found everywhere, as well as a sewage backup in the home with no hot water available.
Charges against Pilkerton were filed Sunday, May 18. At this time, she has yet to be arraigned.
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