Overview

• Police say a driver’s 911 call led North Port officers to the child walking northbound near mile marker 179.
• An affidavit states the adults handed the minor two bags with loaded pistols and cash, told him to take care of the house, and drove off to 'test' his 'mental fortitude.'
• Investigators described the pair as 'very religious' and said they called the child the 'chosen one' and routinely assigned 'difficult tasks.'
• Officers found the family home open and cluttered with multiple firearms in plain view, then traced a cellphone to Wauchula where the couple and another child were located in a parked car.
• Bradley Leon Guerrero Santos and Rosanella Mendiola Borja were arrested on child neglect charges, with Santos also accused of allowing a minor to possess a firearm.