A Missouri mother is accused of leaving her 4-year-old daughter alone in the parking lot of a Love’s Travel Stop near Neosho around 3 a.m. on Friday, driving away with her two young sons, and later telling police the girl was not hers.
Kayla Marie Christensen faces charges of first-degree child abandonment and two counts of first-degree child endangerment, according to court records and an affidavit obtained by local station KZRG.
Neosho Police Department officers responded to a report of a young child alone in the travel stop’s lot shortly before 3 a.m.
Investigators determined Christensen intentionally left the girl, referred to in the affidavit as JV1, and did not plan to return.
The affidavit states she left the child “with the purpose of wholly abandoning her under circumstances likely to result in serious physical injury or death, as evidenced by knowingly driving away, failing to return, and later denying that she had a daughter,” according to a report from Law & Crime.
After leaving the girl, Christensen drove off with her two sons.
Neither boy was properly restrained in a car seat, and police said both were in close proximity to suspected drug paraphernalia, including syringes.
KZRG reported that Christensen left the boys alone in the vehicle while she went to a casino in Wyandotte.
The outlet reports that Neosho police thanked Love’s employees for keeping the girl calm and safe until officers arrived.
Christensen is also facing charges of second-degree child abandonment, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, three counts of child abuse or neglect, and three counts of failing to restrain a child properly
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