A mother allegedly gave her toddler daughter to her drug dealer who took her back to Mexico where she vanished without a trace.
Ashley Rowland, 39, was arrested in October and charged with child abandonment after police in Moore, Oklahoma, discovered the girl was missing since 2022.
After weeks of searching, all police found was two photos of London Kerr as a baby, sitting in a high chair with playdough smeared on her face.
The Oklahoma Department of Human Services was ordered to take custody of London last April as she hadn’t been seen in years, but only found her mother.
Rowland claimed the child was ‘with her father in Georgia’ but eventually confessed to Moore police that wasn’t true.
Instead, she allegedly told them she gave London to her meth dealer ‘Carlos’ in April 2022 while she was high on drugs.
After weeks of searching, the only trace police found of London Kerr was two photos of her as a baby, sitting in a high chair with playdough smeared on her face
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She said Carlos told her he planned to return to Mexico, and she never saw him or London again.
London was two years old at the time and would be five now.
Rowland said didn’t know Carlos’ last name and couldn’t remember any distinguishing features about him.
She said he could be London’s father but she wasn’t sure.
Rowland said she didn’t give Carlos any identification documents for London and police have not been able to find any of the girl’s records.
London allegedly told them she gave London to her meth dealer ‘Carlos’ in April 2022 while she was high on drugs, and he took her away to Mexico
Investigators searched for her birth certificate, social security information, clothing, toys, or anything else that could help trace her, but came up empty.
Moore police called in the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation to help with the case, and appealed to the public for information.
Rowland is being held on a $3,000 bond.
‘Situations like… [these] are heartbreaking and unimaginable,’ the Oklahoma DHS said.
