SAN ANTONIO — Police said a 15-year-old autistic girl was left behind near a dumpster by her mother in June.
Natalie Munno was arrested on this accusation Sunday and booked into the Bexar County Jail.
An affidavit details how on June 13 Munno is seen on a coffee shops' surveillance footage getting her daughter out of the back passenger seat of her car and walking her through the metal doors near a dumpster.
A coffee shop owner would find her and call authorities. When SAPD arrived they said the 15-year-old was erratic.
It’s alleged in the affidavit that Munno went back home to Bandera and that’s when the girl’s grandmother asked where the teen was. She then called Bandera County deputies and filed a missing persons report.
When deputies went to the house, Munno allegedly told them she got ahold of CPS, and met someone named Sarah at a Costco to relinquish her rights to her daughter.
Days later, an amber alert was briefly issued before deputies realized, the girl had been found already by San Antonio Police.
The affidavit claims Natalie knew her child could not take care of herself.
On Sunday she was arrested and booked into the Bexar County jail. She’s facing a charge of child endangerment and abandonment without the intent to return.
The Bandera County Sheriff's Office who issued the original missing persons report was not available to comment.
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