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Deputies found no injuries and no signs of neglect after the child was located, according to a Volusia Sheriff's Office report.
Early on July 25, a Sanford Airport Police officer found a two-year-old girl wandering alone along Lake Helen Osteen Road in Deltona, Fla., wrapping her in a towel and contacting the Volusia Sheriff for assistance.
The parents told Investigators the girl, who has autism, escaped through a broken bedroom window after the mother put her to bed around 10 p.m. and stepped out to a local gas station.
Deputies noted a four-foot distance from the windowsill to the ground with large, jagged glass edges from the broken pane, yet the toddler had no cuts, injuries, or blood.
Upon returning home, the mother noticed a heavy law enforcement presence and rushed to check on her children; Investigators determined neither parent appeared under the influence and the home raised no child neglect concerns.
Information in this report was gathered from a Volusia Sheriff incident report, with the family reunited after Deputies investigated the circumstances surrounding the child's escape.