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Feb. 18, 2012 / 4:03 PM

Naked girl found eating out of trash

TEMECULA, Calif., Feb. 18 (UPI) -- A Temecula, Calif., woman was arrested on suspicion of child cruelty after her 12-year-old daughter was found wandering around naked, police said.

Tracy Betts was taken into custody Friday after police received witness tips that her daughter was roaming naked and eating out of trash cans in a residential neighborhood.

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The girl has been placed in protective custody and is being treated in a hospital, the Los Angeles Times reported.

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