Bodycam video shows moment Hialeah Police finds child chained to fence

New bodycam video revealed the moment that Hialeah Police officers encountered a 13-year-old child chained to a fence at a home. The incident took place at a home in Hialeah near 355 West 63rd Street and Fourth Avenue. According to Hialeah Police, 34-year-old Yashira Maldonado tied her special needs daughter to a fence using a metal chain after texting her family that she was fired from her job on Jul. 11. The video shows the moment that officers encountered the child and her great-grandmother, after the great-grandmother had called 911 to report the incident. Officers said that the child was chained at her waist by Maldonado and was left at the scene. She was then found by the great-grandmother, who called police after she was unable to remove the chain. Bodycam video also showed the moment that Maldonado was confronted by officers at her apartment, as she was escorted out of the area. When confronted by investigators, “the defendant said as soon as she left, she turned