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(HOUSTON) — A Texas mother has been arrested after allegedly leaving her two young children home alone for days to go on a cruise, court records show.<\/p>\n

Lakesha Williams, 29, of Houston, has been charged with abandoning a child with intent to return, a felony, according to a criminal complaint.<\/p>\n

Neighbors at her high-rise apartment building reportedly saw Williams leave with luggage on April 4 but “never saw her return,” according to the complaint.<\/p>\n

A woman at the apartment complex reached out to law enforcement to request a wellness check because the neighbors were worried about the children’s safety, according to the complaint.<\/p>\n

Deputies conducted a welfare check on Tuesday, five days after Williams allegedly left, and found an 8-year-old boy and a 6-year-old girl alone in the apartment, the complaint stated. The apartment was in “complete disarray,” with trash and food strewn about and a “very potent smell of urine,” the complaint stated.<\/p>\n

The children reportedly told police that their mother left them on April 4 “to go on vacation on a cruise and they did not know when she would return,” the complaint stated.<\/p>\n

It did not appear that any adults had been supervising the children since then, according to the complaint. Williams allegedly used a video camera to watch and talk to the children during that time, and the boy had a phone he was using to text her, according to the complaint.<\/p>\n

“These children were definitely left unattended for many days and put in serious harm’s way,” Keegan Childers, the chief prosecutor of the 209th District Court, told Houston ABC station KTRK.<\/p>\n

A Child Protective Services agent responded to the scene to ensure the children were in good health and they were released into the custody of their aunt, according to the complaint.<\/p>\n

Deputies tried contacting Williams to have her respond to the scene “but she was not cooperating and was switching up her story on her whereabouts,” the complaint stated.<\/p>\n

Williams was arrested on Thursday and is scheduled to appear in court on Monday, online court records show. The records do not list any attorney information for her.<\/p>\n

ABC News was unable to reach the aunt for comment. She declined to comment to KTRK.<\/p>\n

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