A Texas mom has landed in serious trouble after leaving her toddler home alone in shocking conditions to go on a 400-mile trip for a date. Reese Louise Myers, a 25-year-old from Killeen, Texas, is facing child abandonment and endangerment charges after police found her 16-month-old child in a heartbreaking state.
It all started back in July when police received a call about a little boy in distress. A witness had seen the child near a broken window while an aggressive dog tried to attack him. Officers rushed to an apartment on Hallmark Avenue, where they found the boy dressed only in a t-shirt, with his skin smeared in feces and signs of a painful diaper rash. The window he had been near wasn’t fully broken—it was patched up with plexiglass and cardboard.
Inside the apartment, officers found two dogs but no sign of the child’s mother. When they tracked her down, Myers admitted she had traveled to San Antonio the day before to meet a man she’d been chatting with on a dating app. The app, reportedly Hinge, was where she had planned the meetup. Myers told police she had left her child in the care of a babysitter she found through Facebook.
But when police reached out to this supposed babysitter, they uncovered a completely different story. The babysitter revealed she hadn’t been in contact with Myers since December of the previous year. Facebook messages between the two backed up this claim, showing their last conversation happened months before the incident.
The toddler was immediately taken to a local hospital for medical attention before being placed in the care of Child Protective Services. Meanwhile, the case was brought to the district attorney, who approved charges against Myers. Fast forward to November, and Myers was arrested in California on a fugitive warrant. She has since been extradited to Texas to face her charges.
This shocking case has raised serious concerns about child welfare, with many asking how such neglect could happen. Myers is now in Bell County Jail, and her actions have sparked outrage, leaving the community questioning how anyone could prioritize a date over their own child’s safety.
