Police Arrest Mother Who Left Disabled Son In Woods

Apr 13, 2015 07:57 AM EDT

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Police have issued a warrant of arrest for 41-year-old Nyia Parker who left her 21-year-old disabled son lying alone in a wooded area in Cobbs Creek, Philadelphia, covered with just a blanket. The victim, who is non-verbal and paralyzed from the neck down, is believed to have been in the woods for about five days until he was discovered by a man.

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"Walking down the walking path he sees the wheelchair and so he goes to look at the wheelchair and he sees this kid lying there on the ground," CBS quotes Lt. John Walker from the Philadelphia police.

The wheelchair and a Bible were several feet away from the victim, Walker said.

Walker said that the victim was brought to The Children's Hospital in Philadelphia where he is now in stable condition.

He was found on Friday. After five days of being in that condition alone in the woods, including being drenched in the rain, the victims was found by doctors to be suffering from dehydration, malnutrition and eye infection.

The Chicago Tribune said that he was reported missing when he did not show up at school for the week. The school called Parker who said they were both in Maryland.

Based on police investigation, Parker left her disabled son in the woods and boarded a bus for Maryland so she could be with her boyfriend who was not aware that she abandoned her son, who has Cerebral palsy and is quadriplegic, to be with him.

Authorities are probing beyond the incident. They would also look into how she cared for her son. The police are also looking for different institutions that could provide services for the young victim.

Cerebral palsy, the ailment of the victim, is a group of chronic disorders that impairs control of movement because of damage to the developing brain. The ailment often develops at age 2 or 3, but the brain damage does not deteriorate over time.

However, the symptoms due to the brain damage often change as the years pass by. It could get better or deteriorate. The United Cerebral Palsy Association estimates that there are around 764,000 Americans with Cerebral palsy.