Woman accused of smoking flakka, leaving baby in Walmart parking lot

Doby (February 2015 booking photo)

Doby (February 2015 booking photo)


A 20-year-old woman is in Palm Beach County Jail on a charge of child neglect after she smoked flakka and left a one-year-old in a Walmart parking lot, according to an arrest report.

Qushanna Doby said she smoked the flakka at about 8 p.m. Wednesday, and a friend drove her and the baby to a hotel in Delray Beach to meet up with a man, the report said. She and the baby left the hotel at 3 a.m. when the man wanted to have sex and she declined.

Doby walked to Wal-Mart with the baby to wait for a ride home. She told police that she fed the child some bacon cheddar chips and put Sprite in the baby’s bottle.

That’s the last thing she remembers before she woke up in a Dunkin Donuts parking lot eight blocks away, the report said.

Doby returned to the scene at about 7 a.m. just after Boynton Beach police found the child, who had a soiled diaper and was crying.

The woman admits to smoking flakka regularly and said it causes hallucinations. The child was taken into the custody of the Department of Children and Families.

Doby is expected to make a first appearance hearing Friday morning where a judge will determine a bond amount.