Texas government offers unbelievable excuse for leaving 6-month-old child alone on seashore

According to the Walton County Sheriff’s Office, beachgoers discovered a child alone beneath a tent at Miramar Beach. The cops acquired experiences of the unattended child round midday on October 10.

The excuse

Sara and Brian Wilks have confronted backlash for the excuse they gave for leaving the kid unattended.

The couple claimed that the newborn normally napped throughout that point, in order that they thought it was okay to go away her alone. Eventually, they misplaced monitor of time whereas strolling on the seashore with their three older youngsters.

“Mr. Wilks acknowledged that the toddler normally naps throughout this time and was asleep once they left the toddler within the tent unattended,” an arrest report from the Walton County Sheriff’s Office obtained by The New York Post learn.

“The defendant acknowledged that they misplaced monitor of time and didn’t understand how lengthy that they had been gone,” the report added.

The police report additionally revealed that the dad and mom left the napping child round 11 am and didn’t return till 12.06 pm. Brian, 40, and Sara, 37, have been arrested after they returned to the spot.

Who is Sara Wilks?

Sara Sommers Wilks, 37, was acknowledged earlier this yr by Cardiovascular Business on its “Forty Under 40” record, which described her as “an distinctive chief” within the medical area.

Security footage confirmed that she and her husband left their child behind, together with their cell telephones, for over an hour.

Both dad and mom have been charged with neglect with out nice bodily hurt. They spent the evening in jail earlier than posting $1,000 bail.

(Also learn: Who is Sara Wilks? Texas mother who was named to ‘40 Under 40’ record charged after leaving child alone on Florida seashore)