A Texas mom was taken into custody after she allegedly abandoned her 16-month-old son for a man she met on a dating app, per Law & Crime. 

On July 28, 2024, police in Killeen, Texas, received a call about a child hanging out of a broken window and a report that

“an aggressive dog was trying to attack the child.”

When officers arrived, they found a toddler with his head and shoulders out of the window. The window was broken but had been covered with cardboard.

Inside the apartment, the officer saw the boy wearing just a t-shirt and alone with two dogs that were described as very

“protective”

of him. The police managed to contact the child’s mother, 25-year-old Reese Louise Myers. She said she had gone to San Antonio to meet a man she met on Hinge and claimed she left her son with a babysitter she found on Facebook.

However, the babysitter told the police she had only cared for the child last December, and their Facebook messages had stopped after that month in 2023. When the baby was found, he had a diaper rash and feces on his skin, reports reveal. Officers believe Myers seemed to plan to leave the baby alone due to the

“precautions”

that were taken. They noticed that the suspect deadbolt and locked the windows. The doors were closed off, and there was a baby gate blocking the kitchen.

Police told Myers to return to Killeen, but she never did. She was arrested on November 5 at the Fort Irwin Army Base in San Bernardino County, California. Myers was released from custody in California on Tuesday. She was then arrested again by the Killeen Police Department the same day. She faces charges of abandoning or endangering a child, according to FOX 44. The boy is now with Child Protective Services.

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