Liberty City is one of the worst gangsta hoods in the US
They have the crack tree where folks sit under the tree and cop rocks and then put boxes over their heads to smoke that garbage
man....I don't miss that part of Miami
You know, I was thinking that the "daddy" who abandoned this child was probably a dope-addict. Crack/Cocaine makes humans do some of the most terrible things to themselves and others. I have seen it. Nothing matters anymore except the rock...not your family, not your self, not your beautiful children.
People do things for it without thinking past the next hit.
The little girl does look like she has been cared for previously...the braids and beads in her hair...but it also looks like it had been awhile since then as her hair was somewhat scruffy.