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Florida mom left infant, toddler and 2 other kids home alone while she went on 3-day cruise, officials say
NBC News ^ | Sept 29, 2026 | NBC South Florida

Posted on 09/30/2026 6:50:34 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963

A Florida woman was arrested and accused of leaving her four minor children, including an infant, alone while she went on a weekend cruise, according to police.

The suspect, 29-year-old Nathalie Belizaire, of North Miami Beach, is accused of four counts of child neglect without great bodily harm.

Belizaire’s attorney denied the allegations.

According to North Miami Beach police, the father of one of Belizaire’s children, who is 2 months old, had seen on a post on her WhatsApp story on Thursday “depicting what appeared to be a cruise ticket purchase.”

That day, he spoke to Belizaire, who told him she would be dropping the children off with their great-grandmother, police said.

But when he went to her apartment Saturday night, he saw the TV on through the blinds and heard the children talking inside, which led him to call 911, an arrest report states.

Both police and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded and forced entry into the residence.

There, “all four minor children were discovered inside ... without adult supervision and were hiding together in the bathroom,” police said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


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KEYWORDS: bigotry; racism

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To: AppyPappy

3 days no less. Not a 3 hour tour.


21 posted on 09/30/2026 7:12:01 AM PDT by xp38
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To: lee martell

that was a long time ago. I don’t think the average 11 year old could deal with an infant ( nor should they have to- it’s their mothers child, not theirs.)
Find one/all of the kids dads and see if he’d take his crotchfruit for awhile.


22 posted on 09/30/2026 7:12:15 AM PDT by ronniesgal (can FR please get a "like" button and a "block" button? Please.)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

This happens when govt gives TOO much money to welfare moms


23 posted on 09/30/2026 7:12:22 AM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT back in 2006)
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To: woodbutcher1963

The age of the oldest makes a big difference in how bad the story is but the Daily Mail says it is the authorities hiding the age of the oldest, so it isn’t the media making clickbait titles this time.

“Authorities have not revealed the ages of all of Belizaire’s children, but said one was two months old and another was two years old.”


24 posted on 09/30/2026 7:13:18 AM PDT by ansel12
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To: woodbutcher1963

Look into her welfare use and how this trip was funded, most likely at taxpayer expense.

Of course, Carnival Cruise: “The Waffle House of the Seas”


25 posted on 09/30/2026 7:15:30 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: ansel12

Yes, the MSM is all over this story. Virtually, every MSM outlet had picked up the story yesterday.

I guess because 99% of parents would say...

What were you thinking girl?


26 posted on 09/30/2026 7:17:30 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: ronniesgal

,”crotchfruit” !!! I’m going to be using that one!
It almost sounds like a Punk Rock band or a clothing label for Gen Z.


27 posted on 09/30/2026 7:19:51 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: woodbutcher1963

This might turn out to be a case of mom having a 14 year old daughter that she has turned into the alternate mom in the family, as the real mom is a space case party freak with no sense of responsibility, some of the single guys here have seen this.


28 posted on 09/30/2026 7:25:40 AM PDT by ansel12
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To: woodbutcher1963

The father of ONE of her children turned her in. I wonder how many baby daddies she has?


29 posted on 09/30/2026 7:42:20 AM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (Our long national nightmare is over!)
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To: PGR88

WELFARE PROBABLY PAID FOR HER CRUISE


30 posted on 09/30/2026 7:54:02 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: All

It’s amazing that the father of the 2 month old was on the scene, checking on the children,
and was apparently disturbed that the mother abandoned the kids by going on a cruise, of all things.


31 posted on 09/30/2026 9:04:16 AM PDT by Liz (“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies the work of His hands. " (Psalm 19:1))
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To: lee martell; ronniesgal

I wouldn’t trust my grandson’s father to babysit a hamster.

Let alone have permanent custody.

The guy spends at least as much time in prison as he does out.

I imagine this woman’s baby daddies are similar in their trust worthiness. The one who called the cops might be the exception.


32 posted on 09/30/2026 9:43:14 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminisheRs the human spirit.)
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To: Pontiac

I was being sarcastic- she looks like a creature of the night. I cannot imagine *who* would knock her up!!!!


33 posted on 09/30/2026 9:51:10 AM PDT by ronniesgal (can FR please get a "like" button and a "block" button? Please.)
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To: ronniesgal

Yes, but in a real relationship she should have been able to call on one or more of the children’s fathers to take care of the children while she was on a short vacation.

I have to wonder why she didn’t ask the 2 month old’s father to do just that.

Is she just to clueless to think of asking?


34 posted on 09/30/2026 10:00:14 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminisheRs the human spirit.)
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To: woodbutcher1963

Well there was a happy end, moms been jailed and kids are alive but traumatized, babies daddy gets to pat him self on the back once or twice.......

Oddly sharpton, blm and the naacp are not stepping up for the perp mom or the poor kids.

It’s just another news story that will be memory holed because it does not fall in line with the liberTARD narrative....

One more for the fatigue list.


35 posted on 09/30/2026 10:05:24 AM PDT by BFW
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To: Pontiac

maybe she did not want him to know she had the $$ to go on a cruise? Maybe she knew he’d say no?
Idk, these folks clearly live a different life than I do.


36 posted on 09/30/2026 10:08:24 AM PDT by ronniesgal (can FR please get a "like" button and a "block" button? Please.)
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To: woodbutcher1963

It’s racist to deny her a vacation.


37 posted on 09/30/2026 10:10:39 AM PDT by Renkluaf
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To: butlerweave

Hey, she had a few options. Would you prefer she take a different route?

4 kids at home for 3 days. Yeah, we used to call that the ‘70s. I’m betting some kids were teenagers. Which was regular back then.

It wasn’t until the Shoopes went on vacation that the Home Alone hysteria-demagoguery started.


38 posted on 09/30/2026 10:15:16 AM PDT by Justa (Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people....)
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To: woodbutcher1963

Drinking, twerking, maybe a little brawlin’, lots of boomba boomba sex, and who knows, maybe another brownie in the oven when she comes home.


39 posted on 09/30/2026 10:50:57 AM PDT by Enterprise (The homeless don't want housing. They want fentanyl and meth. - Spencer Pratt.)
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To: woodbutcher1963

It’s them again, right Yogi…


40 posted on 09/30/2026 10:53:34 AM PDT by astounded (The democrat party is a clear and present danger to the USA)
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