Ashley Burdick Left Young Son Alone With 'Aggressive Dogs' For Weeks On End Without Food In Filthy Home

[Sugar Cookie]

Ashley Burdick, 41, stands charged with child neglect without great bodily harm for leaving her young son alone for weeks in their home with "aggressive" dogs and unsanitary conditions throughout the residence.

On April 10, a Brevard County Sheriff's Office deputy responded to a home in Merritt Island, Florida, due to "a neighbor being concerned that a young child was left alone at home for approximately four days in the company of multiple dogs with no adult supervision," according to an arrest affidavit.

The deputy pointed out that the "young child" had a "diagnosis for autism."

The deputy "made contact" with the child, but the boy said "he could not answer the door due to the multiple aggressive dogs inside the residence" and instead they spoke through a bathroom window at the front of the house," according to the charging document.

The child reportedly affirmed that he had been home alone for about four days, authorities say. He gave law enforcement officers his mother's number, but when they tried to call her, they say the phone line went immediately to voicemail.

Deputies subsequently contacted the Florida Department of Children and Families to investigate.

When interviewed by a state investigator, the boy mentioned "physical violence being done to him" by his mother, according to the affidavit. He also said that "on one occasion he became intoxicated after drinking a juice in the refrigerator that, unknown to him at the time, contained moonshine alcohol."

When the investigator went to the residence, "she noted that the conditions were unsafe for a child," the charging document continues.

"She observed feces on the floor and overall unsanitary conditions," the affidavit reads.

The child allegedly said that in the past he had been "left with no food and he did not eat for approximately two weeks," according to the charging document. He allegedly added that "he does not feel safe" and that he is "not enrolled in any form of schooling."

Mother left young son alone in filthy home with 'aggressive dogs' for weeks on end: Cops

A Florida mother is accused of leaving her young son for weeks in their home with "aggressive" dogs and unsanitary conditions throughout the residence.

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Further investigation revealed a witness who claimed Burdick would occasionally drop the child off because she needed a “break.” This witness also told authorities that Burdick reached out and instructed her not to speak with DCF investigators regarding the current case.

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[cubby]

She needs a break from what exactly? She doesn't clean, doesn't parent, just out looking for fun while her poor little boy waits at home hungry.

I lived on Merritt Island when I was in the first grade, back when my stepfather was AWOL from the National Guard. The only thing I can remember about it was that when they shot off a rocket at Cape Canaveral we got to go outside and watch it. Oh yeah we did live in a trailer park with his sister and her 4 daughters.

 

[BuffettGirl]

Bestie made it back to the beach! She lives just east of Merritt Island on the barrier islands now. She's been there about a week, after four hellish years inland, living near The Villages in podunk Oxford, FL. She's happier than a pig in shit now (or will be when the seller buys her a new roof!)...