A Texas woman has been arrested after she approached a mother at Walmart and tried to buy her baby.
Rebecca Lanette Taylor, 49, was at the store in Crockett, Texas, when she approached the mother.
The mother said that she was at the self-checkout with her baby and a one-year-old when Taylor accosted her.
Taylor remarked that she liked the baby's blond hair and blue eyes, and asked how much he cost.
The mother laughed off the remark, but Taylor then told he she had $250,000 in her car.
Rebecca Lanette Taylor, 49, was arrested in Texas on January 18 and charged with attempting to buy a child
When Taylor continued to press the matter, the mother told her to back away from her son.
Taylor, however, did not and according to the affidavit said she had been wanting to purchase a baby for a long time.
The mother, concerned, let Taylor and a woman she was with leave the store before exiting.
But Taylor was waiting for her, and yelled across the parking lot that she would pay $500,000 'because she wanted him and she was going to take him,' The Messenger reported, citing the affidavit.
Taylor approached the mother at this Walmart store in Crockett, Texas
The mother went to the police, and Taylor was arrested on January 18.
She has been charged with sale or purchase of a child, which is a third-degree felony in the state of Texas.
She faces up to ten years in prison if convicted, and a fine of $10,000.
She was released on Thursday from the Houston County Sheriff's Office on a $50,000 bond.
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