KY woman accused of abandoning baby, said ‘flesh and spirit’ couldn’t handle it
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- Madison County police charge Sarah Vicker with child abandonment and abuse.
- She abandoned the infant for nearly two hours, then was found at a nearby church.
- Authorities held Vicker on $10,000 bond and scheduled an arraignment in county court.
A Kentucky mother is accused of abandoning her 1-year-old daughter inside a vacant Madison County apartment, according to court records.
Sarah Vicker, 34, was charged Wednesday with first-degree criminal abuse — child 12 or under — and abandonment of a child. Court documents say she left her baby alone and without food inside a playpen, wrote a goodbye note to her significant other, and left the apartment on Villa Drive with the front door unlocked.
Police found Vicker at the Revival Tabernacle around 1:15 p.m., nearly two hours after she left the baby alone in the apartment, according to court documents. She told police, “My flesh and spirit could not take it no longer, so I left.”
The tabernacle is about a mile and a half from the apartment on Villa Drive, according to court documents.
The playpen was close to a 65-inch TV that was within the baby’s reach, according to court documents. The baby was fed about two hours before Vicker left.
Police did not know the condition of the child on Friday.
Vicker is being held at the Madison County Detention Center on a $10,000 bond, according to court records. She is scheduled to be arraigned in Madison District Court Friday.
This story was originally published December 5, 2025 at 10:38 AM.
