Alaska Department Of Public Safety,State Troopers Public Information Office

Dispatch Text:

On 3/18/2025 at about 2042 hours, Fairbanks 911 Dispatch Center received a 911 call from a Good Sarmatian reporting they had heard a child crying inside a parked car.  Investigation revealed a 20-month-old child was abandoned in a car parked at a local hotel/bar parking lot in Healy.  The child was crying, the vehicle was off, with a window partly opened with outside temperatures at 6 degrees Fahrenheit.  Tri Valley EMS responded, removed the child from the vehicle and provided treatment for hypothermia. No parent or guardian was immediately found for the child and medics transported the 20-month-old to the EMS/Fire Department for additional treatment.  The child’s mother, LILLIAN JOHNSON, age 38 of Fairbanks, exited the hotel after EMS had already left with her child.  Alaska State Troopers responded to investigate. Investigation revealed LILLIAN JOHNSON had left her child in the car to have a romantic rendezvous with a guest at the hotel.  Based on hotel security video, LILLIAN was inside the hotel from approximately 20:18 hours until 20:53 hours (35 minutes) before returning to check on the child finding EMS had already left with the child.    

The child was treated for early stages of hypothermia.

LILLIAN was arrested for Endangering the Welfare of a Child 1st Degree and remanded to FCC.