Okla. woman allegedly traded her missing 2-year-old daughter to drug dealer for meth

MOORE, Okla. (TCN) -- Police arrested a 39-year-old woman for allegedly giving her daughter away to a man selling her meth in 2022 and lying to authorities regarding the girl's whereabouts.

According to KOCO-TV, Ashley Rowland reportedly told Moore Police Department officers recently that she traded her 2-year-old daughter, whose location is unknown, to her drug dealer for meth. She allegedly claimed the man's name is Carlos, and she has seen neither Carlos nor her daughter since April 2022 when Rowland allegedly gave the girl away. She said Carlos could be the girl's father, but she wasn't fully certain about it. She reportedly could not describe any of Carlos' specific characteristics or provide much of a description.

Rowland reportedly believed Carlos traveled back to Mexico.

KFOR-TV reports Department of Human Services officials located Rowland in Moore and asked where her daughter was, and Rowland allegedly claimed she was "with her father in Georgia." Investigators interrogated Rowland again, and she reportedly provided a different answer.

The Oklahoma Department of Human Services told KFOR in a statement, "Situations like those described in this affidavit are heartbreaking and unimaginable. Like the rest of the community, Oklahoma Human Services reels in concern for this child’s safety. While we are unable to discuss cases due to state and federal confidentiality statutes, the agency is grateful to our law enforcement partners for their continued work to find her and as they seek justice in her disappearance."

Rowland was booked into the Oklahoma County Jail, but records show she was released on bond.

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