MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. - A Texas couple is facing charges after deputies say they left a six-month-old baby alone on a Florida beach for nearly an hour.

What we know:

According to the Walton County Sheriff’s Office, deputies went to Miramar Beach on Friday to follow up on reports of an infant who was unattended under a tent on the beach.

Witnesses told deputies that the baby had been left alone for nearly an hour while the parents walked down the beach with three other children.

Good Samaritans immediately began caring for the child and called law enforcement.

While deputies waited for crews with the South Walton Fire District to arrive and assess the infant, they said the parents returned to the scene, where both admitted to placing the child under the tent for a nap before leaving

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