The woman who police believe abandoned her 2-year-old daughter on Sunday at a Riverside supermarket in California– and said “Oh, just leave her,” when a bystander tried to reunite them – has outraged the local community and drawn national attention. The woman, 31 year old Chiengkham Vilaysane has been identified and arrested.
The intense scrutiny following the Riverside Police Department’s release of surveillance video from the store helped generate tips that led police to identify and then locate the suspect. Vilaysane was taken in for questioning, then booked into jail about 8 p.m. on Tuesday.