The neighborhood in Fort Bend County, Texas, where Phillipi Angela Walker allegedly abandoned her child (KPRC).
A Texas mother faces allegations of deserting her 8-year-old daughter, who reportedly has a disability, to travel to Central America, leaving the young girl to manage on her own.
Court documents examined by Law&Crime assert that Phillipi Angela Walker left her child unattended on at least two occasions in November.
According to a probable cause affidavit, Walker departed on November 21, 2025, leaving her daughter alone at home while she traveled to Honduras. The affidavit reveals that the child contacted the police for sustenance after being left alone for two days.
The affidavit further states, “Had the juvenile not reached out to the Sheriff’s Office for food, she could have remained undiscovered for an even longer period.”
Investigators remarked that the child “has a mental deficiency that may prevent her from fully comprehending her environment.”
While court records don’t specify the ages of the mother or daughter, KPRC, an NBC affiliate that discussed the case with authorities, confirmed the girl was 8 years old when the supposed abandonment took place.
KPRC also reported that one of the detectives on the case told the station that the girl had been surviving on birthday cake while she was home alone.
Days later, on Nov. 24, Walker’s house was under surveillance in connection with the Nov. 21 incident — and according to officials, Walker once again had left the girl at home, this time to go to her job at the Houston Veteran Affairs Hospital for a shift that ran from 3:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
After being apprehended at a traffic stop, Walker allegedly told police that she had asked her grandfather “to go to her residence and make contact with” the child, according to the affidavit.
Walker “was then asked if there were any juveniles at the [home],” investigators wrote. However, Walker “would not be cooperative and did not provide an answer if there was anyone at the [home].”
Law enforcement officials say that upon entering the residence, they found the child in the home alone. They also say they discovered “three large knifes accessible to [the child] who with mental deficiency could access.” Deputies then took Walker into custody.
According to the affidavit, Walker was not supposed to have custody of the girl “due to a CPS plan having been set from the prior incident in which [the child] was supposed to be with another family member.”
Walker faces two charges of felony child abandonment or endangerment. The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office does not currently list Walker as an inmate. Court records show that her next hearing is scheduled for June 29.
