Cops search for missing 5-year-old after mom admits she gave her away during 2022 drug deal

Police are hunting for a missing 5-year-old woman aft her mom allegedly admitted giving her distant for narcotics 2 years ago.

Ashley Rowland, 39, was arrested and charged pinch kid abandonment past week aft she allegedly came cleanable astir nan disappearance of her girl — who hasn’t been seen since 2022, KOCO reported.

Authorities were only alerted to nan lawsuit aft nan Oklahoma Department of Human Services was asked to prime up nan small woman successful April 2023, but couldn’t find her.

Ashley Rowland was arrested and charged pinch kid abandonment aft she allegedly came cleanable astir nan disappearance of her girl — who hasn’t been seen since 2022, Oklahoma cops said. Moore Police Department

When they yet tracked down nan mother astatine her Moore home, she initially claimed nan woman was pinch her begetter successful Georgia, authorities said.

However, investigators precocious questioned nan mom again aft Child Protective Services realized she lied astir nan missing girl, who has not been different identified, according to police.

She past allegedly confessed to giving nan then-2-year-old woman distant to a man named “Carlos” erstwhile she was buying meth from him.

Rowland said nan man whitethorn person been nan child’s begetter but she couldn’t beryllium judge — and that she believed he was going to Mexico astatine nan time, cops allege.

Police said they are actively searching for nan girl, who would now beryllium 5 years old, but they are unsure if she is still alive.

The Department of Human Services said they couldn’t remark connected nan investigation but described nan ordeal arsenic “heartbreaking and unimaginable.”

Rowland is being held astatine nan Oklahoma County Detention Center connected a $3,000 bond.