Background: The stretch of Rankin Highway in Midland, Texas where a little girl was spotted walking alone (Google Maps).

The girl told police she was dropped off by her mother and was not sure if she was going to return The parents of a 6-year-old girl who was seen wandering alone with a dog in Deltona, Fla.

Therapist Pamela Garber is developing the 'Never Walk Alone' safety app, intended to give people the option of walking with someone -- like a buddy system.

A Delaware County woman has been arrested after police say her 6-year-old daughter was found walking alone along a state ... after receiving reports that a girl was seen walking unattended near ...