On a quiet afternoon, officers came across a terrified 7-year-old boy alone, scared, and nearly 14 miles away from home. It didn't take long for them to realize something was very wrong. His 18-year-old sister, who was supposed to be watching him, was already in a panic searching frantically when police rushed to the house. So, who are you? >> I'm telling I was leaving trying to find him. Hold on, I'm talking to the police. He So, who who is >> I'm the sister. You're sister, where's your >> My mom Mama just left to go take somebody to the airport, but they coming back cuz there was a late flight. Okay, so who's in charge of him? What do you mean by that? I was watching him and he came out the >> you were watching him. Yeah. 34-15 act. I'm going to be making contact with the sister. She was the one watching the child. How old are you? I am 18. 34-20. It's going to be 18. All right, so how long's mom been gone? Just not too long ago. I don't remember. Estimate. Like 20 minutes. My grandma just came, he was here. Went back in the house. Next thing you know, she came in my room told me I had gave him a banana and a Pop-Tart. I told me told me that uh she was gone or he was gone. He came out he went out the house again. I'm like, "Oh my god." So, then I left trying to go find him cuz last time he did this he was down all the way down with his bike down We Care Park. Where were you at in the house? >> room right here in the front. >> Where we just walked into? Yeah. >> That room we Okay, so you were in there and he He came out the garage. Okay, so he come out the garage. >> Mhm. How long has has How long has he been gone? >> It was just a second. Like literally I just saw him cuz I've been watching him cuz I know how I know he was gone. >> What's a rough estimate? I don't know. It was all a blur. I don't I don't know. I don't know. From the time when I left I don't even know. I don't know. I would say about like 5-10 minutes. Like it wasn't that long. 5-10 minutes. Okay. It was I just saw him. Did they find him or no? Yeah. Yeah, he's safe. I'll tell you he he I can tell you right now he's he's far away. Like he's very far away. This is the first time he's ever did this literally in just a week. And he got in trouble for it. So, can you get in contact with your mom? How long Yeah, she's going home right How long's it going to take her to get here? Uh And then my stepdad that's I called my stepdad too, that's his son. He's on his way to go I told him that he did it again. So, you Okay, so you were here babysitting her and him. Do you want to call my stepdad too? No, just just get her her here. 34-20 the sister's making contact with the mother to get her 51 to this location. It's It's traffic and I I don't I can't even get on a way to pass them. I'm going to wait for mother to be 10-12 and then I'll 10-15. I'm on 285. She said she's on 285. 285. Oh, she's in Mossy Head. Goodness. My daddy might be on the way. Yeah, I know. He said >> 34-15 act. She's advising the mother's all the way out in Mossy Head. They called him baby, but he might be in the bed all so he probably can't get my call. I was going to let him know that he was looking for the police uh the police department. So, I had told him so I don't know he had it in there, but I was trying to call him and tell him that he was already at the house and the police was already there. All right. So, yeah, she's on 285. So, I don't know. What What you need me to do? Or cuz I'm the sister. Give me 1 second. Let me make a phone call. Hang tight right here for me, okay? Who is this? The grandma, okay. So, grandma just Grandma's 10-12 now. Uh the the sister's 18 as of February. And I literally just gave him a banana and a Okay. All right, 10-4. And he was just in there. All right, good night. All right. Talk to you real quick. Who is she to you? That's my granddaughter. She's your granddaughter. Who is he to you? My grandson. Your grandson. I have to go get a switch and fix his behavior. All right, so you need to go You're going to go down North 20th right here. They're going to be down there. They The officer's advising he's petrified right now and he is not I I don't he They're just saying he's he's upset. Um I need you and you're not going to like to hear this. I need you to take the little girl, okay? She's going to She She's going to go to jail. I hate to say that. I do. It's child endangerment. Well, I just left the house like 10 minutes ago. It's Yeah, how far he is it's it's And it's a multiple time >> just left the house like 5 minutes. >> I I Don't Don't take her to jail, please. Go down there, you can talk to that sergeant, but right now I need you to take the little girl, okay? And head down there. All right? Hold on. Who's watching uh Elijah? [Music] All right, so she's going to go down there with her to pick him up. He's I guess he's upset right now. To who? Uh the boy. Okay. Your little brother? Okay. So, he's pretty far away. So, it's been a little bit since he's been gone. So, you >> I don't understand. He did that like it was like the other time when he did that it was just a second. >> so listen to me. So, legally that is child endangerment. Yes. Okay? All right, so as of right now you are being placed under arrest, okay? Okay. All right, so you're going to go to Walton County Jail for child endangerment, all right? Okay. All right, go ahead. You put your phone in there real quick. All right, grandma's going to go down there pick him up. He's fine. Okay. All right, it's 30. Yeah, 35-15 act. What's up? 19-15 act. What's this? All right, do you have anything on you that's going to get you in trouble at the jail? No. Nothing? >> No, nothing at all. All right, so we're going to walk over here. All right, come on. I'm talking with the freaking mom so uh Need anything? I'm good. Okay. Who should really be held accountable here? The parents for trusting an 18-year-old to handle such a big responsibility? Or the sister for losing track of her 7-year-old brother and letting him end up 14 miles away? Drop your thoughts in the comments and don't forget to like, subscribe, and hit that notification bell to catch all of our weekly uploads.