Woman forgotten for 4 days in cell
A woman being held as an illegal immigrant spent four days forgotten in a holding cell at a Fayetteville courthouse with no food, water or toilet, authorities and the woman said.
Adriana Torres-Flores, 38, had appeared in court and pleaded not guilty to a charge of selling pirated CDs, but a judge ordered her held because she is in the country illegally, Sheriff Tim Helder said. She was forgotten in the courthouse cell, and because of a snowstorm few staff members were around to hear her cries and pounding.
Bailiff Jarrod Hankins was under internal investigation for forgetting she was in the cell.
After Torres-Flores was discovered, she was treated at a hospital and allowed to go home. Her trial is set for April 1.
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