A mom fed up with her child’s ongoing tantrum in the car abandoned the boy along a four-lane highway, then reported him kidnapped at 1 a.m., according to investigators in Louisiana.

Artasia Q. Viges is accused of abandoning her young son on the side of a Louisiana highway in the middle of the night then falsely reporting him kidnapped. The post Mom abandoned son on highway in middle of night for ‘having tantrum,

A Louisiana mother has been accused of abandoning young son on the side of the road and then reporting that he’d been kidnapped. The St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday that it was called at about 1 a.

Conflict between the mother and son led to the child running away and the mother calling in a false kidnapping report, deputies say.

Artasia Viges, 24, is facing multiple charges after police said she lied about her son being kidnapped after she left him unattended on a major roadway.