A Texas woman shopping at a local Walmart last week reportedly wanted to buy something even the retail behemoth does not sell: another woman’s child. Rebecca Lanette Taylor, 49, of Crockett, was arrested after police say she offered a mother $500,000 to purchase her son “because she wanted him,” then continued to harass the woman and her family after her offer was summarily rejected, The Messenger of Grapeland, Texas reported.
The incident reportedly took place at a Walmart Supercenter located in the 1200 block of Eastern Loop 304 about two hours south of Dallas.
According to an affidavit of probable cause obtained by The Messenger, an unidentified mother was waiting in line at the store’s self-checkout line with her two children. She was carrying her infant in a car seat carrier, and her 1-year-old son was seated in a shopping cart. As she prepared to scan her items, the mother was reportedly approached by Taylor, who allegedly began “commenting on her son’s blonde hair and blue eyes,” the affidavit reportedly said.
“[Taylor] asked how much she could purchase him for. [The mother] tried to laugh this comment off, thinking Taylor was joking,” the affidavit stated. “Taylor told her that she had $250,000 in the car and she would pay that much for him. [The mother] told her no amount of money would do.”
The mother reportedly told police she demanded that Taylor get away from her and her son, but claimed Taylor continued to persist. Taylor, who was allegedly accompanied by another woman, allegedly explained that she had been trying to purchase a child for a quite a while.
The situation only continued to devolve as Taylor’s companion allegedly asked about the boy’s name. The mother reportedly refused to give the child’s name but said the duo somehow learned the name. Both Taylor and her companion allegedly repeatedly called the little boy’s name.
The mother said she waited inside the store for both of the women to leave but was then allegedly accosted when she got to the parking lot. There, Taylor is said to have once again approached the mother about buying her son — and this time she allegedly upped the offer price.
“Taylor began screaming at (the mom), saying if she wouldn’t take $250,000 for him, then she would give her $500,000 because she wanted him and she was going to take him,” the affidavit reportedly said.
Even after the mother reportedly locked both of her children in her car, Taylor reportedly stood just behind the vehicle and continued to yell about wanting the child until the mother drove away.
Lt. Ahleea Price of the Crocket Police Department responded to the scene. After reviewing surveillance film from inside the store, the lieutenant reportedly said the footage matched the mother’s story. Lt. Price obtained a name and address for Taylor and attempted to question the woman at her residence.
“She told me that she doesn’t like thieves, then she stated I could speak with her attorney and to get off her ‘precipice.’ She slammed the door shut,” Price reportedly wrote in the affidavit.
Taylor was taken into custody on Tuesday on one count of participating in the sale or purchase of a child, which is a third-degree felony in Texas. She was reportedly booked in the Houston County Jail and her bond was set at $50,000. Houston NBC station KPRC reported that Taylor posted that bond on Thursday.
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the nerve of some people, My god why doesn’t the woman just go get pregrant and have her own child. Am happy the woman didn’t take her up on the offer to sell her son.
You just have to look at the woman to see she is mentally ill and needs treatment. Why didn’t the mother of the said child wait inside Walmart for the police? If there were two strange people involved there could have been a kidnapping in the parking lot.I’m glad the child is safe.
Wacko Taylor should focus on trying to buy teenagers….
she could probably get as many of those as she wanted for free!!!!!!!
Not everyone can have children sometimes as in this case that is a blessing since this crazy woman shouldn’t be allowed to raise a child.
By the booking photo, the woman in question is either infertile or past the “normal” childbearing years. She may have been turned down by the adoption agencies and thought that it would be better to “buy” a child. Either way, she needs an evaluation and perhaps some time in a mental hospital. The mother had locked her kids in the car so there wouldn’t have been an attempted kidnapping by the pair. Also, she needs to be charged with interference in an investigation, as she slammed the door in the face of the Officer who came to question her.
Still it wasn’t a good idea to leave the store until police came. Even locking your kids in the car won’t help if they severely injure/kill the mom and take her keys.
May be the woman is not able to bear children. But that’s no excuse. If she had that much money why not become a foster parent. You wonder if there was other motives in volvled, like child trafficking or something just as sinfully going on.
I wonder if mother will wish she had changed her mine when child becomes a teenager.
May be the woman is not able to bear children. But that’s no excuse. If she had that much money why not become a foster parent. You wonder if there was other motives in volvled, like child trafficking or something just as sinfully going on.
I wonder if mother will wish she had changed her mine when child becomes a teenager.
The childs mother should of been armed. Tell Taylor to get away from her or else.