On Monday afternoon, May 16, 2021, employees of the Adair County Public Library called Adair 911 after a 3-year-old child was found walking in their parking lot, naked. Columbia Police Dept. Officers responded to the scene where library employees had stayed with the child prior to arrival.
Officers soon located the residence the child had walked outside of.... an apartment complex on South High Street. Within the residence the child’s grandmother, who had been watching the male child, told police she had taken medication and had been sleeping for the last 2 hours.
40-year-old Contesa Abbott of Columbia, KY has been charged with Endangering the Welfare of a Minor and was lodged in the Adair County Regional Jail.
Officer Drew Conn made the arrest. He was assisted by Officer Evan Burton.
