Erin Lee Macke, 30, traveled from Johnston, Iowa, a suburb of Des Moines, to Germany on Sept. 20 without arranging child care for her children, two aged 12 and the others 6 and 7, Johnson police said. The children also had access to a gun in the house.
“The police have seen times when people have left their children to go somewhere, but to go to another country is completely different,” said Janet Wilwerding, a spokeswoman for the city of 22,000.
The news attracted headlines in England, where the Daily Mail newspaper called Macke “America’s worst mom,” as well as comments on Macke’s Facebook page.
Police on Sept. 21 discovered the children at the house, notified child protective services and then called Macke in Germany, ordering her to return. She had planned to return on Sunday.
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