Autistic girl left outside

AUSTINTOWN

Township detectives are investigating a 15-year-old autistic girl reportedly left outside in 31-degree temperatures for close to five hours by her father.

The girl’s mother told police the father — who informally visits the girl — dropped her off outside their locked North Roanoke Avenue home at 5:30 p.m. Friday. But the girl had no way to enter the home.

She told police when she arrived at the home after a call from her daughter, she found the girl “shivering and scared, and [she] also urinated herself,” the report states.

The mother said she intends to pursue charges against the father.

None of the parties was identified in the report. Detectives are reviewing charges of child endangering.