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Mother accused of abandoning four-year-old at truck stop then denying daughter exists

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 28 Oct, 20:56 · Archive

A Missouri mother has been accused of abandoning her four-year-old daughter at a truck stop in the middle of the night then telling police the girl was not hers.

Kayla Marie Christensen, a mother of three, is accused of driving away from Love's Travel Stop near Neosho, Missouri at around 3 a.m. on Friday with only her two young sons in the car, allegedly abandoning her four-year-old daughter at the truck stop. Police responded to a report of the girl alone in the parking lot and eventually tracked down Christensen, who had left the boys unattended in her car while she went into a casino in Wyandotte.

When officers questioned Christensen about her daughter, she allegedly claimed her only children were the two boys. Police also allegedly discovered drug paraphernalia, including syringes, in her vehicle. Both sons were found not to be properly strapped into their car seats.

Christensen was arrested and charged with first-degree child abandonment and two counts of first-degree child endangerment. She faces additional charges of unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia and three counts of failing to restrain a child properly.

Mother accused of abandoning four-year-old at truck stop then denying daughter exists
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In this story: Kayla Marie Christensen · Love's Travel Stop · Neosho · Missouri · Wyandotte

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