A drunken woman was arrested after police say she forced her 7-year-old daughter to spend the night in a dumpster outside a spa in a crime-ridden section of Dallas . Alicia Carroll , of Garland , faces a charge of abandoning and endangering a child . The 28-year-old remained in Dallas County Jail Monday on $ 25,000 bond . Police say Carroll called police Sunday morning saying the person she left her daughter with on Saturday night would not return the child . Bad parenting : Alicia Carroll , 28 , has been charged with child endangerment after Dallas police say she made her daughter sleep alone in a dumpster . But according to police documents , the 7-year-old girl said her mother told her to 'hide ' in the trash bin after the two exited the popular King Spa and Sauna on Royal Lane . Officers found the little girl 10 hours later after being flagged down by citizens who saw her looking filthy and barefoot . When she was interviewed by police , Miss Carroll said she had been drinking at the spa and at around 10pm stepped out to 'clear her head , ' leaving her daughter inside with an acquaintance , reported Dallas Morning News . However , a King Spa worker told NBC 5 that the mother and daughter left the establishment together after attending a party with friends . When police finally caught up with the 7-year-old girl at around 11.15am Sunday , she told them that when she and her mother left the spa , Carroll suddenly took off running . The child claimed that Carroll told her they were being pursued by police and had to go into hiding . According to investigators , Carroll then placed her daughter in a garbage container in a 'high-crime ' area and fled . The little girl eventually fell asleep amid refuse and woke up only 10 hours later . She was able to scramble out of the dumpster and began walking down Royal Lane towards the spa . Passersby spotted her on the street walking without shoes and called police . Officers who responded to the scene described the child as thirsty , hungry , and covered in filth and cuts to her arms and legs . Night out : Carroll was drinking with friends and her daughter in tow at King Spa and Sauna in a high-crime section of Dallas Saturday night . Mistreated : Carroll 's 7-year-old child ( right ) was discovered barefoot , hungry , thirsty and covered in filth and bruises . Excuse : The 28-year-old initially told police she had left her daughter with an acquaintance so she could 'clear her head ' who then refused to give the child back . When pressed about the incident , Alicia Carroll admitted that she became inebriated after downing two vodka drinks in the spa parking lot and did not remember after happened later . Carroll returned to the spa at around 9.45am the following day looking for her daughter , but the child was not there and employees could not tell her where she ’ d gone . The mother then called police , setting off a frantic ground and air search , which ended when a Good Samaritan called them to report seeing the girl wandering down Royal Lane . The 7-year-old victim was released into the custody of a relative after undergoing a medical evaluation .
Alicia Carroll , Sunday , charged with child endangerment in Dallas . Police say Carroll got drunk on vodka and forced her 7-year-old to 'hide ' in a dumpster . The girl slept in the trash bin for 10 hours and was later spotted wandering barefoot near King Spa and Sauna . Carroll initially told police she had left her daughter with an acquaintance who then refused to give the child back .