Woman accused of leaving baby on father’s doorstep in the middle of the night: ‘IDC. Call CPS on me’

WACO, Texas (KWTX/Gray News) - An arrest warrant alleges a Texas woman left a baby in a car seat outside the child’s father’s apartment door in the middle of the night after sending the father a text message stating, “IDC. Call CPS on me. Get your kid, bro.”

Ashley Marie Bailey, 26, is charged with abandoning-endangering a child without intent to return, a third-degree felony.

Waco police officers were dispatched to the University Terrace Apartments in the early morning hours last Wednesday, where they met with the baby girl’s presumptive father and presumptive grandmother.

The father told police he received a text message from Bailey, stating, “come and get your baby ... (she) is at the door. Bye. Talk to you tomorrow.”

According to the arrest warrant, further text messages sent by Bailey read, “IDC (I don’t care). Call CPS (Child Protective Services) on me. Get your kid, bro” and “IDC anymore. Hope you get her or someone else is going to her so it’s going to be bad.”

The father told police that when he opened his front door, he found his daughter alone outside in her car seat, the warrant states.

According to the father, Bailey texted him to let him know she left the baby outside at about 2:04 a.m. The father told police he did not see the text messages until about 2:45 a.m., meaning the girl was outside in the summer heat for more than 40 minutes.

In addition to the other text messages, police say they saw several in which Bailey was “begging” the baby’s father to come open the door to get the girl.

Bailey’s relationship to the baby was not clarified in the arrest warrant affidavit. The affidavit also failed to clarify why the girl was with her.

When police went to Bailey’s residence in Hewitt, she was allegedly drinking. She was arrested and taken to the McLennan County Jail, where she was being held on a $5,000 bond.