A Texas father has allegedly admitted he no longer wanted to care for his infant daughter when he abandoned her near a dumpster in Pasadena.
Anferne Gray, 28, allegedly assaulted the 2-month-old girl’s mother on Monday and took the baby with him.
The father initially left the infant by a motel pool for 15 to 20 minutes before returning to retrieve her, prosecutors said.
“Then you picked up the child, walked about 1,000 feet to a nearby restaurant where you allegedly left the baby inside of a dumpster enclosure,” the magistrate said during a Tuesday hearing.
The child’s mother called 911 sending police to the location near Crenshaw and the Beltway.
“Left the child unattended there for three to four hours,” the magistrate added.
Gray now faces family violence charges in addition to a felony charge of abandoning a child.
His bond was set at $100,000 on each charge and he was denied contacting the infant or her mother.
