Update: Florida woman leaves 3 toddlers alone for weekend with 6 cups of Jello; 1 dies
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Christian Woods BELLVIEW, Fla. -- A toddler died when her mother left her and two small siblings alone at a home in Bellview, Fla., while she went to nearby Mobile during the weekend, according to sheriff's deputies in Escambia County, Fla.
The mother had placed six cups of Jell-O on the floor for the children to eat, deputies said.
Christian Rochelle Woods, 21, was arrested Tuesday in the death of one of her 18-month-old twins, Myleahya Danielle Woods.
Charges against her include one count of manslaughter and two counts of aggravated child abuse, according to the Sheriff's Office.
"She said that she went there with some other people to work," said Melissa Aiken, a Sheriff's Office spokeswoman. "We have not been able to verify that, yet. We don't know where she was over there and what kind of work she did."
The arrest report listed Woods as unemployed. She remained in the Escambia County Jail on Wednesday on a total bail of $1 million.
After 12 hours of questioning, Woods told investigators that she returned home Monday around 9:30 a.m. and found Myleahya dead. Woods said that she placed her daughter's body in a trash can.
Earlier, at about 2:30 p.m. Monday, she called deputies from a Winn-Dixie in the Pensacola area to report one of her twins missing.
Deputies went to the home where they encountered Woods' father. He told them that Woods had asked him to go to the house to check on the children.
According to the arrest report, Myleahya's body was found in a trash can on the back porch.
Deputies searched Woods' home and discovered the other twin, Mykayla, under a bed. Officials feared that she was also dead, until her eyelids fluttered.
A 2-year-old son, Jaterius T. Woods, was also at the home.
During questioning, Woods said that she went to Mobile on Saturday and left her three children alone. Deputies said that the Scotland Circle house had no running water, electricity or food, and that the inside was "filthy" with "several roaches throughout."
Both surviving children remained at a Pensacola hospital Wednesday afternoon, Aiken said. They were in the care of the Florida Department of Children and Families.