25-year-old Stephanie Sampley reportedly forgot her 16-month-old daughter Holly when she went into work at Elgin B. Milton Elementary School late last month. The baby was discovered about 3:30 that afternoon. She was transported to the local hospital and later transferred to Children's Hospital in Llittle Rock, but did not sustain serious injury. Gibbons wrote that had the child died or been injured, other portions of the Arkansas criminal code would have applied.
According to Gibbons' letter, the Department of Human Services is involved in the case and is supervising "the mother, the child, and the mother/child relationship". Therefore he feels as though "the health and well being of the child are being monitored."
