Steelville, Missouri woman arrested after her 3 year old was found inside of a car with her deceased boyfriend while she was reportedly in a different nearby location "acting out of her mind".
Deputies in Crawford County were alerted to a very disturbing occurrence Thursday at the Birdsnest River Access. The 911 caller informed dispatch that they had found a deceased man inside of a car with a small child. The man went on to say that he and his wife had removed the child from the car and were caring for it.
When Crawford County deputies arrived on the scene, they discovered 46-year-old Eric DeClue deceased inside of the vehicle. His cause of death is not known at this time. However deputies found evidence consistent with smoking methamphetamine inside of the vehicle.
A short time later, the child's mother 32-year-old Anna Windle, was located attempting to scale an embankment on the Meramec River. She was disoriented and didn't know where she was. It appeared she had fallen from the embankment some time earlier.
When questioned, Windle eventually was able to tell deputies her and Declue had been on a drive and were smoking meth when she became sick. She stated she doesn't remember anything after that.
The child was placed in the custody of a responsible family member.
Anna Windle was arrested and is being charged with first degree endangering the welfare of a child.
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