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Mother allegedly left 4 kids alone while she took a cruise
USA Today • • nation
Key Points:
- Nathalie Belizaire, a 29-year-old North Miami Beach resident, was arrested and charged with four counts of child neglect for leaving her four children home alone while she took a cruise on the Carnival Conquest ship.
- The children were found hiding in a bathroom without adult supervision after authorities were alerted by Lether Bazile, who shared a 2-month-old daughter with Belizaire and discovered the children unattended despite Belizaire’s claim they would be with their great-grandmother.
- The great-grandmother, Denise Wilkes, confirmed Belizaire never dropped off the children as planned, and multiple attempts to contact Belizaire were unsuccessful until her arrest upon the ship’s arrival in Miami on September 28.
- Carnival Cruise Line stated the incident was a law enforcement matter unrelated to the cruise or ship operations, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection escorted Belizaire off the ship.
- Belizaire declined to give a statement to police, and her attorney has not responded to requests for comment.
