Woman charged for attempting to purchase another woman’s child for $500K at a Texas Walmart

A woman has been charged with a third degree felony after attempting to purchase another woman’s one year old child for $500,000 at a Walmart in Crockett, Texas, last week.

Rebecca Lanette Taylor, 49, was arrested last week after causing a strange disturbance at a Walmart store when she approached another customer and asked if she could buy her one year old son. The mother of the child, who remains unidentified, told police Taylor initially offered her $250,000 cash for the child, but the mother laughed it off thinking it was a joke.

When Taylor persisted, the mother told her to stay away from the child, and Taylor insisted she had been looking forward to purchasing a baby for some time.

When Taylor left the store with another woman, the mother also left, and once again encountered Taylor in the parking lot. There, Taylor became aggressive, screaming at the mother that if she did not accept the money, Taylor would take the child anyway.

If Taylor is convicted on charges of the sale or purchase of a child, she faces up to ten years in prison.