WALTON COUNTY, Florida - Two Houston parents are facing charges after being accused of leaving their 6-month-old infant on a Florida beach last Friday.

Houston parents accused of leaving their infant unattended on Florida beach

According to the Walton County Sheriff's Office, the parents, who have been identified as Brian Wilks, 40, and Sara Wilks, 37, of Houston, have been charged with child neglect without great bodily harm.

Officials said they were called out to the beach in Miramar Beach in Walton County regarding a 6-month-old child left unattended beneath a tent.

When deputies arrived, witnesses said the child had been left alone for nearly an hour while the parents walked down the beach with three other children.

Officials stated Good Samaritans immediately began caring for t

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