KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX/Gray News ) – A Texas mother allegedly left her child home alone with two dogs so she could meet an out-of-town Hinge date, authorities say.

On July 28, around 9:50 a.m., Killeen police were dispatched to an apartment complex for a child welfare check.

Before arriving at the scene, officers were told that a child was hanging out of a broken window and that an aggressive dog was trying to attack the child.

Once authorities arrived on the scene, they found a 16-month-old toddler with his head and shoulders hanging out the window of a ground-level apartment, and an aggressive dog attacking other residents who tried to help the child.

The police noticed that the window was not broken, but that it had previously been repaired with cardboard and plexiglass.

After removing the cardboard and plexiglass to enter the apartment, they found the 16-month-old child wearing only a shirt with visible feces on his skin and showing signs of a diaper rash.

The mother of the child, Reese Louise Myers, was contacted by police.

Myers said she was in San Antonio to meet a guy she met on the dating app Hinge.

San Antonio is approximately 100 miles southwest of Killeen – about a 2.5 hour drive.

Myers also allegedly told police she had a babysitter she contacted via Facebook to take care of the child.

Police met with the babysitter, who previously babysat for Myers on December 2, 2023, and she told authorities she had not spoken to Myers since then.

Myers was arrested and charged with abandoning/endangering a child.

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