NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE — A Tennessee mother and her friend face child neglect charges after they left her 13-month-year-old daughter in a car while she auditioned for a job at a strip club. <br /> <br />Kelsey McMurtry, 24, felt the binds of lack of affordable childcare in the United States when she had to go to a job audition in downtown Nashville last Thursday. <br />Obviously unable to afford a proper nanny, McMurtry had little option but to ask a friend, Summer Taylor, 19, to look after her daughter during her audition at Deja Vu, a strip club. <br /> <br />Taylor, however, neglected her duties by choosing instead to watch McMurtry’s performance. Witnesses told WKRN-TV that McMurtry’s infant daughter remained locked in a car by herself for about half an hour. <br /> <br />A passerby noticed the girl and immediately called the police. When police arrived, officers removed the sweat-drenched infant. The temperature in the car had allegedly reached 100 degrees by the time police responded, reported WKRN. <br /> <br />The child has reportedly now been placed with the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services. McMurtry and Taylor have both been charged with child neglect. <br /> <br />Although McMurtry isn’t blameless, imagine how this situation could have been avoided if more support was available for the parents who need it.
