Police have cited the mother of a little girl who wandered away from home and was found outside a Lincoln grocery store.

A couple driving by the Russ’s Market south of downtown Lincoln around 3 a.m. Monday saw the 2-year-old walking alone along a street.

The couple walked with the girl to the store and turned her over to an employee. A store worker called police.

The little girl’s mother called police around 7 a.m., saying she couldn’t find her daughter.

The child was turned over to protective services.

The mother, 21-year-old Danielle McNally, was cited on suspicion of child neglect.

A phone listing for McNally couldn’t be found. Online court records don’t yet list the case.