Children Found Alone During Cruise

Florida Mother Arrested After Leaving Four Children Alone For Bahamas Cruise

North Miami Beach resident Nathalie Belizaire, 29, was arrested after allegedly leaving her four children—including a 2-month-old and a 2-year-old—home alone during a three-day Carnival cruise to the Bahamas. Police say Belizaire had told the infant’s father she would leave the children with their great-grandmother, but the great-grandmother said Belizaire never brought them over. The father went to the apartment, found the children alone, and called 911; officers found all four hiding together in a bathroom, and they were reported unharmed. Police also said Belizaire texted her brother to check on the children during the weekend. Belizaire was taken into custody when she returned to PortMiami and faces four counts of child neglect; Florida’s Department of Children and Families is investigating.

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