Mom ‘shopping for her birthday’ left her 3 babies home alone for over 24 hours, with one found banging his head on the wall, cops say

A woman in Missouri is accused of leaving her three babies alone for more than a day until one of the kids repeatedly banged his head on a wall.

Courtney Lynn Box, 29, is charged with three counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child creating substantial risk, as well as abuse or neglect of a child, according to court records reviewed by Law&Crime. Jail records show that she was arrested on Saturday and placed under a $10,000 bond.

The case stretches back months, to Jan. 10, when officers with the Springfield Police Department were called at about 10:50 a.m. to a home to do a wellness check. A witness had called 911 saying “she had been hearing banging and sounds of a small child for 7 hours,” per a probable cause statement filed in court…

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