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Mom faces 20 years in prison for leaving five children home alone for four days to go on vacation | Daily Mail Online
A Texas mother faces up to 20 years in prison for accusations she left her five children at home alone while she went on vacation 'because she needed to get away with everything that was happening at home'.
Chrystal Walraven, 28, is accused of leaving her eldest, a 12-year-old boy with a child as young as 15 months – who authorities say appeared dead in her crib with a blanket over her mouth - when they entered the property that had an 'overwhelming odor' of feces and garbage.
They learned she was alive when an officer removed the blanket and rubbed her, prompting her to take a visible breath and move.
When law enforcement discovered the youngsters in the house on the 2700 block of High Point Drive in Round Rock on August 29, 2018, a 10-year-old boy answered the door, claiming everything was okay.
Walraven's two daughters, aged six and three, who seemed they had not bathed in days, were also in the home where police found a dirty diaper in a closet, stains on the carpet and flies in the kitchen.
An affidavit released Tuesday also noted the youngsters had access to knives while their mother stayed with a male friend in Myrtle Beach in South Carolina.
Despite the mother being questioned by authorities last year, a warrant for her arrest wasn't put out until last month because police 'needed to conduct a thorough investigation to make sure we had enough evidence'.
She turned herself in February 11 and was bonded out of jail the same day.
The accused had placed the blame on her neighbor and one of the fathers.
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A Texas mother faces up to 20 years in prison for accusations she left her five children at home alone while she went on vacation 'because she needed to get away with everything that was happening at home'.
Chrystal Walraven, 28, is accused of leaving her eldest, a 12-year-old boy with a child as young as 15 months – who authorities say appeared dead in her crib with a blanket over her mouth - when they entered the property that had an 'overwhelming odor' of feces and garbage.
They learned she was alive when an officer removed the blanket and rubbed her, prompting her to take a visible breath and move.
When law enforcement discovered the youngsters in the house on the 2700 block of High Point Drive in Round Rock on August 29, 2018, a 10-year-old boy answered the door, claiming everything was okay.
Walraven's two daughters, aged six and three, who seemed they had not bathed in days, were also in the home where police found a dirty diaper in a closet, stains on the carpet and flies in the kitchen.
An affidavit released Tuesday also noted the youngsters had access to knives while their mother stayed with a male friend in Myrtle Beach in South Carolina.
Despite the mother being questioned by authorities last year, a warrant for her arrest wasn't put out until last month because police 'needed to conduct a thorough investigation to make sure we had enough evidence'.
She turned herself in February 11 and was bonded out of jail the same day.
The accused had placed the blame on her neighbor and one of the fathers.
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