Some People Shouldn't Breed.

[sara1998]

She was quoted in the news this morning saying that she did this to herself. I can't help but to feel kind of bad for her now. I'm still appaled that the boy was playing on 465... Stress in life, (in her case moving, looking for work...) can turn you into a different person. I know that when my husband passed, if it wasn't for us moving in with my folks, things could have been a lot different for me. I wasn't as attentive as I could have been.

http://www.theindychannel.com/news/10670529/detail.html

INDIANAPOLIS -- A bond reduction request was denied Thursday for the mother of a toddler found wandering on Interstate 465 on Saturday.

Nancy Dyer, 30, went before a judge to face four felony counts of child neglect. A not-guilty plea was entered for her and a trial was set for Feb. 28. Dyer, who has been in jail since the incident, and her assigned public defender declined to answer questions, but she told a Marion County judge, "I did this to myself," 6News' Julie Pursley reported.

Dyer's 3-year-old son, Damon, was found along Interstate 465 near 56th Street, not far from where they live. After a passerby stopped to help the boy, police said they found Dyer sleeping in her west side apartment.

"Apparently, she had said that he often would get out of the apartment. Apartment management was aware of that as well. So, she would place boxes to block him from climbing out," said Helen Marchal, of the Marion County Prosecutor's Office. "Whether ... she did that night or morning, we don't know. All we know is that the last thing she said she had seen her son when she went to bed the night before."

Prosecutor's said some of the charges stem from the discovery that Damon and his 2-year-old sister, Gabrielle, were living in filth, with feces on the wall and food on the floor.

"The little girl was found eating Spaghettios out of a garbage bag that had been placed there the night before, according to the mom," Marchal said.

Dyer told the judge that she moved to Indianapolis from Florida last month to be near family because she was in debt.

Dyer said that she gets inheritance money from a trust fund, but was looking for work. Dyer said in court that she couldn't get a job until she found childcare because she couldn't leave her children unattended.

The judge denied a request to reduce Dyer's $3,500 bond. The children are in protective custody, and Dyer is not allowed to have contact with them.