Florida Mother Charged After Four Kids Left Alone on Work Trip
WHO:
NY Post - The mother was described as a Russian-born photographer.
ABC7 Los Angeles - The four children were ages 14, 12, 11 and 9.
ABC7 Los Angeles - The children’s father agreed to take them to his home.
NY Post - The mother was identified as Irene Miller.
TMZ - The article describes a Florida mother of four; it does not provide her name.
NY Post - The article describes a mother arrested in connection with leaving four children alone; it does not provide her name.
NY Post - A child called 911 and reported that her 9-year-old brother had been struck in the head by a falling dumbbell.
WHAT:
NY Post - Police said Miller refused to fly home after her son was hospitalized.
ABC7 Los Angeles - The sheriff’s office said deputies received the child’s 911 call just after 8:30 p.m.
ABC7 Los Angeles - The 9-year-old was taken by first responders to Celebration Hospital for treatment.
ABC7 Los Angeles - Miller was charged with four counts of child neglect without great bodily harm and booked at the Orange County jail.
ABC7 Los Angeles - The 9-year-old boy was released from the hospital.
NBC News - The mother was charged with child neglect.
TMZ - The mother was arrested after allegedly leaving her four children home alone while traveling for work.
TMZ - Police said one of the children was seriously injured while the mother was away.
NY Post - Police responded to a 911 call from one of the children; the call led to the discovery of the alleged child abandonment.
NY Post - The child told 911 that her 9-year-old brother was hit in the head by a falling dumbbell.
WHERE:
ABC7 Los Angeles - Deputies met Miller as she exited her flight at Orlando International Airport; she was arrested there.
ABC7 Los Angeles - Miller, 50, was identified as being from Kissimmee.
NY Post - The work trip was to Las Vegas.
TMZ - The mother and children were in Florida; the mother allegedly traveled to Nevada.
NY Post - The mother allegedly left the children at home during a work trip across the country.
WHEN:
ABC7 Los Angeles - The mother told deputies she was due back on October 23; investigators said she left on October 18.
US Magazine - The juvenile’s 911 call was around 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 21.
NBC News - The children were left home alone for nearly three days.
WHY:
NY Post - Miller said she was in Las Vegas until Friday and “couldn’t come home.”
TMZ - The mother allegedly traveled to Nevada for business.
NY Post - The trip was described as a work trip.
HOW:
ABC7 Los Angeles - Miller said a babysitter was traveling from Tampa to get the children ready for school and check on them, but was not required to stay overnight.
TMZ - The mother allegedly left all four children at home without an adult while she traveled.
NY Post - The alleged abandonment came to police attention after one child called 911 about her brother’s injury.
(UPDATED October 28, 2026 14:00 UTC)
Florida mother Irene Miller was arrested at Orlando International Airport and charged with four counts of child neglect after allegedly leaving her children, ages 14, 12, 11 and 9, home alone during a work trip to Las Vegas. Deputies said the children were alone for nearly three days, and a child called 911 after a falling dumbbell struck her 9-year-old brother in the head; he was taken to the hospital and later released. Miller said a babysitter was expected to check on the children and get them ready for school, while their father agreed to take them into his home.
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(UPDATED October 28, 2026 00:08 UTC)
Irene Miller was arrested at Orlando International Airport and charged with four counts of child neglect after allegedly leaving her children, ages 14, 12, 11 and 9, home alone while she traveled to Nevada for work. A child called 911 after a falling dumbbell struck her 9-year-old brother in the head; he was taken to the hospital and later released. Miller told deputies a babysitter was supposed to check on the children and get them ready for school, but was not required to stay overnight.
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(UPDATED October 27, 2026 22:09 UTC)
Irene Miller, a 50-year-old from Kissimmee, was arrested at Orlando International Airport and charged with four counts of child neglect after allegedly leaving her children home alone for nearly three days while traveling to Las Vegas for work. One of the children called 911 after her 9-year-old brother was struck in the head by a falling dumbbell; he was taken to the hospital and later released. Miller said a babysitter was traveling from Tampa to prepare the children for school and check on them, and their father agreed to take them in.
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(UPDATED October 27, 2026 21:06 UTC)
Irene Miller was charged with child neglect after allegedly leaving her four children home alone in Florida for nearly three days while she traveled to Las Vegas for work. Police were alerted when one of the children called 911 to report that her 9-year-old brother had been struck in the head by a falling dumbbell. The boy was seriously injured, and the call led police to discover the children had been left without an adult.
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(UPDATED October 27, 2026 18:00 UTC)
Irene Miller was arrested after allegedly leaving her four children home alone in Florida while she traveled to Las Vegas for work. Police say one child called 911 to report that her 9-year-old brother had been struck in the head by a falling dumbbell. The call led officers to discover the alleged abandonment, and police said the boy was seriously injured.
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(UPDATED October 27, 2026 14:11 UTC)
A Florida mother was arrested after allegedly leaving her four children home alone while traveling to Nevada for work. Police said one child called 911 to report that her 9-year-old brother had been struck in the head by a falling dumbbell. The boy was seriously injured, and the call led police to discover the alleged child abandonment.