Mom arrested after allegedly made up story of daughter's kidnapping

A West Palm Beach mother whom deputies say was so drunk she lost track of her 6-year-old daughter’s whereabouts is being held after the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said she lied about the incident.

Deputies say the woman told them the girl had been kidnapped, causing PBSO to issue an Amber Alert and begin a search to find the child.

Maria Irias, 29, is facing two charges of child neglect without great bodily harm and making a false police report. She is being held at the Palm Beach County Jail in lieu of $3,000 bail.

Nataly Irias, the missing girl, was found Saturday night with family, PBSO said.

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Maria Irias first told deputies that she was at El Bodegon supermarket at 4704 Forest Hill Blvd. with her daughter on Saturday night when she accepted a ride from a man to her home on the 2400 block of Avenida Madrid Este in Tavares Cove Mobile Home Park.

Irias said she got out of the vehicle but before she could open the back door to retrieve her daughter, the man sped off at a high rate of speed, the sheriff’s office said.

Irias went so far as to describe the alleged kidnapper and the getaway vehicle in detail.

After further investigation, Irias admitted that the child was not kidnapped, but that she had been drinking most of the day and she “simply can’t remember where her daughter is,” according to the PBSO.

Irias said she had last seen Nataly about 3:30 to 4 p.m., more than five hours before she spoke to the PBSO.

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