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A Florida woman has been arrested for trying to sell her daughter for $500 outside a local store - and then abandoning the child when confronted by an employee.
Police said Jessica Woods, 33, was loitering around a H&R Block office in Palatka with her 18-month-old daughter, who had a bruise on her face, on March 5.
An employee of the business told police that Woods had first come into the establishment at 7:40pm one evening because her baby had a soiled diaper.
As Woods used the H&R Block restroom to change the child, the worker witnessed the mother hit her daughter with her elbow and then spank her, according to the probable cause affidavit seen by DailyMail.com.
The next morning, the witness arrived back at the office and found Woods sleeping on top of the outside air conditioner unit - and the 18-month-old was sleeping near her in a shopping cart without a blanket.
Jessica Woods, 33, was arrested for trying to sell her daughter for $500 outside a local store and then abandoned her
The mother was hanging around the H&R Block (pictured) with her daughter, when she asked one of the employees to buy her child, who had a bruise on her face, according to the affidavit
The employee confronted the mother and asked if she or the child needed any help, the affidavit said.
Woods demanded money - and when the employee said she would buy her items but not cough up cash, Woods
