Mother abandons five children under 12 for four days at home while she goes on a beach vacation
A young mother-of-five from Round Rock faces up to 20 years in prison on charges of abandoning her children for four days. 28-year-old, Chrystal Walraven, had reportedly left her children, two boys, between the ages of 12 and 10 with girls, aged three years, six years and 15 months, without any supervision, last year.
The cops had on August 29, 2018, found the house in an utter mess, as the children were alone and had littered the place with feces and garbage. Their abandoned situation had been reported by the Gattis Elementary School principal, who was concerned when the older children claimed that they had to stay up all night looking after their younger siblings.
Their estranged condition left the cops baffled, especially when they almost thought that the infant, who was lying in the crib, covered in a blanket was dead. However, when the 15-month-old was rubbed on the back by one of the officers, the baby girl took a breath, letting out a cry, and it was finally confirmed that she was still alive.