A younger Texas mother left her 16-month-old son residence alone in a single day to journey 150 miles to satisfy up with a Hinge date, in response to police, who discovered the toddler lined in feces and dangling out a window.
Reese Louise Myers, 25, was arrested and charged with abandoning or endangering a toddler earlier this month for the July 28 incident, KWTX reported.
The mom from Killeen, TX., had allegedly fled the state and was caught and arrested on a fugitive warrant in California on Nov. 5, police informed The Impartial. She’s since been extradited again to the Lone Star State to face the fees.
Killeen law enforcement officials had been known as to Myers’ residence simply earlier than 10 a.m. on July 28 after neighbors known as to report that the toddler was hanging out of a damaged window of the ground-level condo whereas an aggressive canine was making an attempt to assault the newborn, in response to KWTX.
When the cops arrived they noticed the kid along with his head and shoulder out the window — which had been beforehand fastened with cardboard and plexiglass — and witnessed the canine charging at residents who had been making an attempt to drag the kid out, police mentioned in an affidavit.
The officers eliminated the cardboard and plexiglass and climbed by way of the window to search out the little boy sporting only a shirt with feces on his pores and skin, in response to the affidavit obtained by the native station.
They noticed that there have been no different individuals inside — solely two canines who had been protecting of the newborn — and seen indicators that regarded just like the little one’s mum or dad had taken some precautions within the occasion of leaving the toddler residence unsupervised, the doc states.
Cops then known as Myers who informed them she was presently in San Antonio — a couple of two-and-a-half hour drive away — with a man she met on the courting app Hinge after driving on the market the day earlier than, in response to the affidavit.
She claimed that she had employed a babysitter from Fb to observe her son whereas she was on her date, however police spoke to the babysitter who informed them she hadn’t babysat or spoken to Myers since December 2023, the doc states.
A former roommate of Myers informed police that the mother would steadily depart her son residence at night time and never return till the subsequent day, claiming that the boy would sleep by way of the entire night time, the affidavit mentioned.
The lady lived with the mother and son for one month in October 2023 and reportedly informed police that she witnessed indicators of neglect in the direction of the newborn.
Myers has since been booked into the Bell County Jail, KWTX reported.
