She Left Her Toddler Home Alone So She Could Go On A Date In Another City
25-year-old Reese Louise Myers is a mom to a 16-month-old, and she allegedly left her poor toddler home alone so she could go on a date 150 miles away.
On July 28th of this year, Reese left her house in Killeen, Texas, and headed off to San Antonio to meet up with this guy she met on a dating app.
At around 9:50 that morning, Reese’s neighbors called for help and requested a welfare check after realizing the toddler was home without adult supervision.
Police officers arrived at Reese’s apartment complex, located in the 600 block of West Hallmark, and were met with a harrowing picture.
“According to the affidavit, call notes informed officers prior to arriving on scene that a child was hanging out of a broken window and an aggressive dog was trying to attack the child,” KWTX reported.
“Once officers arrived on scene, the affidavit states they found a toddler with his head and shoulders hanging out of the window of a ground level apartment, and there was an aggressive dog charging at other residents attempting to help the child.”
Luckily, the responding officers were able to rescue the toddler before anything bad happened that day.
Plexiglass and cardboard were covering up the window the toddler was hanging out of, and the officers had to remove those pieces to enter Reese’s apartment.
When officers got inside, they discovered the toddler dressed in a shirt with diaper rash signs and feces visibly on their body. The toddler had been left alone with the two protective dogs.
Bell County Sheriff’s Department – pictured above is Reese in her mugshot
The affidavit also states that it appeared an adult had gone out of their way to do certain things to contain the toddler and prepare them for being left home alone, such as closing doors in the apartment, putting up a baby gate to block the kitchen, and dead bolting the windows and doors.
Police officers were able to get a hold of Reese, who confessed to being in San Antonio for her date.
She then claimed to have used Facebook to organize a babysitter for her child, but when police officers spoke to the said babysitter, this woman mentioned Reese had not talked to her since December of last year.
Facebook messages further proved Reese had not reached out to the babysitter before leaving her toddler home.
Reese has since been charged with abandonment and child neglect.
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