# Mother backs over 1-year-old at prayer service, leaves shoeless child on road

> North Dakota mother faces federal charges after allegedly running over child during prayer service and abandoning another on road.
- Title: Mother backs over 1-year-old at prayer service, leaves…
- Summary: North Dakota mother faces federal charges after allegedly running over child during prayer service and abandoning another on road. Cassandra Santos, 37…
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- Source: Law & Crime — https://lawandcrime.com/crime/mom-backed-over-toddler-during-prayer-service-then-abandoned-shoeless-child-on-road-weeks-later-feds
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## North Dakota mother faces federal charges
Cassandra Santos, 37, was charged on Oct. 9 with one count of assault resulting in substantial bodily injury and three counts of child neglect in Indian Country.
## First incident at Crow Hill Recreation Center
An FBI agent wrote that Santos' 1-year-old child was 'run over' by her during a prayer service at the Crow Hill Recreation Center on the Spirit Lake Reservation on July 6.
## Inconsistent alcohol stories
Santos provided 'inconsistent and contradicting' stories about whether she was drinking alcohol that day, with her grandmother and aunt later saying they smelled alcohol on her.
## Baby hospitalized with injuries
The 1-year-old was taken to a hospital in Fargo, North Dakota, where medical staff said the baby had a fractured right femur, a crush injury and abrasions to the left leg and foot.
## Child left shoeless on road
About a month later, on Aug. 7, a patrol officer found Santos' oldest child walking on the side of a road wearing a T-shirt and shorts but no shoes.
## Santos under influence
When police found Santos, she was with a group of people who 'all appeared to be under the influence' and she told police all her children were 'safe at different houses'.
## Children's school reports
FBI agents attempted to talk to Santos' two older children at their school, but school staff said the children had been called out sick.
## Santos arrested with high BAC
Santos was arrested after police found her passed out on the floor of her Chevy Tahoe with a 0.196 blood alcohol concentration.
## Alcohol found in vehicle
Police found empty containers of alcohol in the Tahoe, with children saying their mother 'sometimes … drank every day'.
## Santos in custody
Santos is in custody at the Grand Forks County Jail with her next court date not publicly available.
## Key takeaway

Cassandra Santos, 37, faces federal charges for allegedly running over a 1-year-old during a prayer service at Crow Hill Recreation Center and later leaving her oldest child shoeless on a road in North Dakota.