Reese Louise Myers, 25, was arrested and charged with abandoning or endangering a child earlier this month for the July 28 incident, KWTX reported.
The mother from Killeen, TX., had allegedly fled the state and was caught and arrested on a fugitive warrant in California on Nov. 5, police told The Independent. She’s since been extradited back to the Lone Star State to face the charges.
Killeen police officers were called to Myers’ home just before 10 a.m. on July 28 after neighbors called to report that the toddler was hanging out of a broken window of the ground-level apartment while an aggressive dog was trying to attack the baby, according to KWTX.
When the cops arrived they saw the child with his head and shoulder out the window — which had been previously fixed with cardboard and plexiglass — and witnessed the dog charging at residents who were trying to pull the child out, police said in an affidavit.
The officers removed the cardboard and plexiglass and climbed through the window to find the little boy wearing just a shirt with feces on his skin, according to the affidavit obtained by the local station.
They saw that there were no other people inside — only two dogs who were protective of the baby — and noticed signs that looked like the child’s parent had taken some precautions in the event of leaving the toddler home unsupervised, the document states.
Cops then called Myers who told them she was currently in San Antonio — about a two-and-a-half hour drive away — with a guy she met on the dating app Hinge after driving out there the day before, according to the affidavit.
She claimed that she had hired a babysitter from Facebook to watch her son while she was on her date, but police spoke to the babysitter who told them she hadn’t babysat or spoken to Myers since December 2023, the doc states.
A former roommate of Myers told police that the mom would frequently leave her son home at night and not return until the next day, claiming that the boy would sleep through the whole night, the affidavit said.
The woman lived with the mom and son for one month in October 2023 and reportedly told police that she witnessed signs of neglect towards the baby.
Myers has since been booked into the Bell County Jail, KWTX reported.
