UNNAMED GIRL - 6 yo/ Accused: Mother; Laurie Lee Kelly - Mesa AZ

PD: AZ mom abandons child, claims she gets 'sex crazy'

Posted: Aug 30, 2012 4:26 PM CDT
Updated: Aug 30, 2012 10:47 PM CDT
By Breann Bierman

MESA, AZ (CBS5) - A Mesa mother faces charges after she allegedly dropped her 6-year-old girl off at a park with strangers for hours while she sold herself for sex.

According to the police report, Laurie Lee Kelly, 43, bought beer for two transients on Tuesday and later asked them to watch her young daughter while she "went to make money."

Witnesses told police several people took turns watching the little girl.

"She's beautiful. She was fun. We ran around the park. She's a wonderful child," witness Maureen Wilson told CBS 5 on Thursday.

Witnesses said the girl was without water or a way out of the extreme heat for approximately four hours.

"She left her kid with total strangers," witness Ronald Baker said. "I'm glad that we're honest and protective."

Kelly told police she had sex with a couple of men while her daughter was in the park. According to the report, she claimed that she hoped nothing bad would happen to her daughter but she felt a "manic sexual rage" inside of her that she can't control and "needed to have sex."

Kelly was arrested on one count of child abuse and made her initial court appearance on Thursday. She was released under the condition that she has no contact with any children under the age of 16.

Kelly is employed by Mesa Public Schools as an instructional assistant at Whitman Elementary.

Mesa Public Schools spokeswoman Helen Hollands said she is on paid leave pending a district investigation

http://www.kpho.com/story/19421719/pd-az-mom-abandons-child-claims-she-gets-sex-crazy

This is just plain crazy! I hope she is fired fom her job especially since she's not allowed to be around children under 16.