Texas couple accused of moving, leaving child behind
Copperas Cove, Texas (KWKT) – A 12-year-old Texas boy came home from school to find it empty and his family gone, according to police.
Copperas Cove police said it appeared that his mother and her boyfriend had moved out during the day while he was in school, and when he came home, the apartment was completely bare.
Police were called to an address in Copperas Cove on Friday and talked with the boy, who had gone to a neighbor’s home. The boy told officers that his mother, identified as Erica Renee Sanders, and her boyfriend, later identified as Keven Dwayne Adams, had said they would be moving at some point.
According to an arrest affidavit, the neighbor told officers the couple had a history of kicking the boy out.
Officers managed to contact the couple by phone and were told the boy’s uncle was supposed to pick him up. When the uncle was contacted, according to the affidavit, he said he knew nothing about having to take the boy.
Police said when they interviewed Adams, he “complained at length” about the 12-year-old.
The affidavit stated that when child protective services contacted the couple, they refused to provide an address where they were staying.
It was 5 1/2 hours from the time the boy returned to find his home empty to the time when he, the couple and the police finally connected, according to the affidavit.
Copperas Cove police records indicated that Adams and Sanders were both arrested on charges of abandoning or endangering a child without intent to return.
