Joliet Mom Leaves 2 Kids Home Alone: Cops

JOLIET, IL — A 27-year-old Joliet woman was taken into the custody of the Joliet Police Department after officers say she left her 3-year-old and 7-year-old sons home alone at their apartment in the 900 block of Lois Place. The woman drove to Indiana to give someone a massage, according to police reports.

On Wednesday, police arrested Adriana Oray on two charges of endangering the life or health of a child. She was later released on an I-bond.

Just before noon, Joliet squad cars rolled up to the apartment buildings on Lois Place "for a welfare check of children possibly left home alone at a residence."

A Joliet teacher had notified the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services that one of her 7-year-old students "indicated during a remote learning session that no adults were at the residence," police said.

DCFS representatives then contacted the Joliet Police Department.

On Wednesday afternoon, Joliet police found the 3-year-old boy and 7-year-old boy inside the apartment by themselves, police said.

The children were taken into protective custody.

Joliet police say officers found a phone number for Oray, the mother of the children, and requested that she come to the Joliet Police Department.

"Upon her arrival, Oray advised that she works as a self-employed massage therapist and had left the children home to provide a massage at a client’s home in Indiana," Joliet police said in Thursday's news release.

Oray was taken into custody without incident at the Joliet Police Department. The two children were placed into the protective custody of DCFS, police announced.