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A Texas couple allegedly moved out of their apartment without telling the woman’s 12-year-old son, abandoning himErica Renee Sanders and her boyfriend, Keven Dwyane Adams, allegedly left the home “completely barren” on Oct. 17 while the boy was at schoolBoth Sanders and Adams were arrested, and Sanders was charged with felony child abandonment

A Texas mom is accused of packing up her entire apartment while her child was at school, and moving out without telling him.

Erica Renee Sanders has been charged with felony child endangerment after allegedly moving out of the Copperas Cove apartment where she and her 12-year-old son were staying while he was at school — without informing him, according to a complaint obtained by PEOPLE. Local outlet KWTX was first to report the news.

The middle schooler’s principal alerted officers with the Copperas Cove Police Department to the situation around 5:18 p.m. local time on Friday, Oct. 17, after the 12-year-old, upon exiting the school bus to go home, saw that “his family packed up and moved and left him there,” according to the complaint.

The “furniture and other household items” that had been in the apartment when the young boy left for school that Friday morning were gone, according to a responding officer’s account of the events. The officer, who described the unit as “empty” and “completely barren,” said the boy confirmed that “the apartment was not like that when he left.”

Erica Renee Sanders’ mugshot.

Copperas Cove Police Department

While police were at the home, a neighbor told officers that Sanders and her boyfriend, Keven Dwyane Adams, had a “history” of kicking her son out of the apartment. One of the responding officers echoed this, stating that there was a “history of contention” between the couple and the child, according to the complaint.

The child also told officers that the couple had stated that “they were moving at some point,” but had not informed him when. Adams later told police that his girlfriend “had not abandoned” her son, “but that she was living with him now and [her son] was not welcome in his home,” the complaint states.

Sanders said her brother — her son’s uncle — was meant to pick her son up from school, but she refused to provide officers with contact information or any additional information about the man, per the complaint. Adams then told officers he was going to pick up Sanders’ son and bring him to his uncle, but “several hours” passed with no attempts to get the child. Officers also got in contact with the uncle’s girlfriend, who said he had no knowledge that he was supposed to retrieve the middle schooler.

Officers brought the 12-year-old to the Copperas Cove Police Department and alerted Child Protective Services (CPS), according to the complaint. Following a conversation with Sanders and Adams, CPS told the officers to release the boy to Adams, who had refused to provide the couple’s new address. Police had to consult water utility records to find the residence.

The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

Keven Dwayne Adams’ mugshot.

Copperas Cove Police Department

Eventually, at around 9:20 p.m. the same day, Adams took custody of the boy at the home, but told one of the officers he would not take the child if he had an arrest warrant for Sanders. He also “complained at length about the 12-year-old,” the officer said.

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Both Sanders and Adams were arrested, and the case “has been forwarded to the prosecutor’s office for review,” a spokesperson for the Copperas Cove Police Department confirmed in a statement to PEOPLE.

Sanders has since been charged with intentionally abandoning a child younger than 15 without intent to return, a third-degree felony charge in Texas, according to court documents.