MOM SLEEPS WHILE POLICE LOOK FOR CHILD

SIOUXLAND---A STORM LAKE WOMAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER FAILING TO REPORT HER CHILD AS MISSING.

AUTHORITES TOOK A REPORT AT 12 A.M. THURSDAY OF A MISSING SEVEN YEAR OLD GIRL WHO HAD BEEN GONE SINCE 4 P.M. WEDNESDAY.

POLICE WERE TOLD BY THE BOYFRIEND OF THE GIRL'S MOTHER THAT THE CHILD HAD BEEN PLAYING WITH SOME CHILDREN IN THE PARK AND THEY MAY HAVE GONE TO KINGS POINTE WATER PARK.

THE GIRL NEVER RETURNED HOME, SO HE BEGAN LOOKING FOR HER AND NOTIFIED POLICE.

OFFICIALS SAY THE MOTHER SLEPT DURING MOST OF THE PERIOD BETWEEN 4P AND MIDNIGHT AND WHEN THE SEARCH BEGAN SHE WENT BACK TO BED.

POLICE WORKED THROUGH THE NIGHT AND A BOAT PATROL WAS DEPLOYED TO FIND THE LITTLE GIRL, WHO ENDED UP STAYING THE NIGHT AT A RESIDENCE WITHOUT HER PARENTS KNOWLEDGE.

OCCUPANTS OF THE HOME TOLD POLICE THAT THE GIRL HAD BEEN PLAYING WITH THEIR CHILDREN SINCE 2:30 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

THEY ASSUMED THE GIRL, WHO WAS FOUND SAFE AND HEALTHY, HAD PERMISSION TO STAY.

THE GIRL'S MOM, 34 YEAR OLD NYACHIN KOAL, WAS ARRESTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR CHILD ENDANGERMENT.