A Taylor County woman was arrested on an aggravated misdemeanor charge of Child Endangerment Tuesday, following an investigation into an unattended child left out in the heat.  According to the Lenox Police Department, 26-year old Robin Hayden, of Lenox, was arrested and taken to the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office.

Robin Hayden

Officials say at around 2:30-p.m., Tuesday, Lenox Police received a report of an unattended child in the 600 block of East. Ohio. On arrival officers found a 7-year old girl sleeping outside a locked apartment door. An investigation into the incident showed the girl had been staying with a neighbor while her mother was at work. The neighbor left to go out of town, locked the girl out and left her unattended.

The investigation also determined the girl was unattended for several hours in 90 degree+ temperatures and without food or water.  Lenox Police were assisted in the investigation by the Iowa Department of Human Services.