Stranger Allegedly Tries to Buy Infant Boy for $500K at Texas Walmart – Crime Online

A lady is accused of repeatedly providing a whole lot of 1000’s of {dollars} to purchase an toddler boy at a Texas Walmart, prompting the terrified mom to name police, the Messenger newspaper stories.

Authorities allege that 49-year-old Rebecca Lanette Taylor struck up a dialog with a mom on the big-box retailer in Crockett, Texas on January 13. The mom, who advised police she didn’t know Taylor, had her two youngsters inside a procuring cart when Taylor allegedly approached them.

Investigators say Taylor started commenting in regards to the youngest baby and requested the mom if she would promote him for $250,000.

The mom declined the provide, which reportedly induced Taylor to extend the provide to $500,000, KETK-TV stories. The mom was in a position to safely extricate herself from the scenario after which contacted authorities to report the incident.

Lt. Ahleea Worth of the Crockett Police Division wrote in an affidavit of possible trigger that she acquired a name from the mom detailing what occurred.

The mom advised Worth {that a} girl, later recognized as Taylor, “started commenting on her son’s blonde hair and blue eyes,” the affidavit reads, in line with the newspaper.

Taylor “requested how a lot she may buy him for. (The mother) tried to snort this remark off, considering Taylor was joking. Taylor advised her that she had $250,000 within the automobile and she or he would pay that a lot for him. (The mother) advised her no amount of cash would do,” the affidavit states, in line with the newspaper.

When Taylor continued to pursue the sale, the mom advised her to again away. However Taylor didn’t and defined how she had lengthy needed to purchase a child.

Bizarrely, Taylor started to name the kid by his identify, although the mom says she didn’t know Taylor and doesn’t know the way the lady would have ascertained the boy’s identify.

Taylor, who was with one other girl on the time, then left the shop and the mom waited for a bit earlier than additionally exiting the constructing.

Nonetheless, within the parking zone, “Taylor started screaming at (the mother), saying if she wouldn’t take $250,000 for him, then she would give her $500,000 as a result of she needed him and she or he was going to take him,” in line with a police report obtained by the Messenger.

This prompted the mom to lock each youngsters in her automobile whereas Taylor allegedly repeated that she would pay $500,000 for the boy.

Taylor ultimately left in a black SUV.

Police obtained surveillance footage that seems to substantiate the mom’s account of the incident, in line with the Messenger.

When Worth went to Taylor’s residence to interview her, Taylor refused to talk.

“She advised me that she doesn’t like thieves, then she acknowledged I may communicate along with her legal professional and to get off her ‘precipice.’ She slammed the door shut,” Worth wrote within the affidavit, in line with the newspaper.

Police arrested Taylor on Tuesday and charged her with the sale or buy of a kid, a third-degree felony. If convicted, she faces between two and 10 years in jail and a superb of as much as $10,000.

Taylor was launched from jail Thursday on a $50,000 bond, KPRC-TV stories.

Crockett, Texas, is a metropolis of about 7,000 individuals between Houston and Dallas.

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Characteristic Picture: Rebecca Lanette Taylor/Police Handout