Chiengkham Vilaysane, who also goes by Cindy, is a woman who left behind her two year-old toddler at Food 4 Less store in Riverside, California. ^[0]

Cindy has been a resident of Riverside, California for many years. It is unknown where she was born but according to her Facebook, it appears that she was raised in Riverside.

She attended Jurupa Valley High School. ^[4]

She has two young daughters.

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On her Facebook profiles, she claims to work for the Riverside County Sheriff's Office as the Assistant Section Officer. She also claims to work for the department of Justice. Both departments have denied that she works for them. ^{[4] [15]}

At around 5:00 p.m., March 12th, 2017 on Sunday, Cindy was doing some shopping at the Food 4 Less located 4250 Van Buren Blvd. when she had left her daughter behind as she shopped around the store. A fellow shopper saw the little girl looking for her mommy, and found Cindy ready at the check-out. Cindy, reportedly, told the woman who had found her daughter to "just leave her". According to surveillance, she never bothered to look for the toddler once. Cindy then left the store after paying her groceries and never chose to take her child with her. ^[0]

On Monday, the following day, the child had not yet been reported missing and the authorities put her under Child Protective Services.

Riverside Police Department then released a surveillance video of Cindy leaving her child in the store. ^[2]

Apprehension

At around 17:00, on Tuesday March 14th, 2017, she was detained by police after being tipped off from a witness who spotted her in public.

She was formally charged with two felonies.

(1) Failure to provide care to a child in California under Penal Code 270 & (2) Child endangerment Penal Code Section 273a (a).

She is currently being held at the Robert Presley Detention Centre with a bail set at $35,000.

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