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Joanna Sherry Rutledge, 45, was charged in Tooele County with child abandonment.

Her 9-year-old daughter was allegedly left in a trailer without water in filthy conditions.

The girl, found dehydrated and dirty, hadn't attended school for several years, police say.

GRANTSVILLE — A mother in Tooele County has been charged with leaving her 9-year-old daughter alone in a trailer with no running water and filthy conditions for hours at a time on multiple days.

Joanna Sherry Rutledge, 45, was booked into the Tooele County Jail on Wednesday and charged Thursday in 3rd District Court with child abandonment and aggravated child abuse, third-degree felonies; and reckless endangerment, a class A misdemeanor.

The investigation began Sept. 18 when a

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