KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) - A Killeen woman was arrested after police found her 16-month-old child left unattended in an apartment while the woman was in San Antonio to meet a guy she met on Hinge, an affidavit alleges.
The incident in question dates back to the middle of this past summer; the defendant was finally arrested near the small city of Barstow in the Inland Empire region of Southern California on a fugitive warrant earlier this month. She just made her way back to Texas this week. Mom allegedly left toddler home alone so she could travel out-of-town for a date
Arrest records in California indicate that the defendant was apprehended somewhere within the vast Fort Irwin Army Base approximately 1,365 miles away from Killeen.