A woman from Kentucky, identified as Sarah Vicker, reportedly left her toddler alone and without food in an unoccupied apartment before setting off to a church, according to authorities.

Vicker, aged 34, faces charges related to child abuse for a minor under 12 and for abandoning a child, as indicated by Hamilton County jail records reviewed by Law&Crime.

The incident unfolded on a Wednesday morning.

As detailed in court documents sourced by the Lexington Herald-Leader, Vicker allegedly fed her one-year-old daughter at approximately 9 a.m. in an apartment located on Villa Drive in Richmond.

Roughly two hours afterward, she is accused of leaving the toddler in a playpen beside a large 65-inch television, with no further food provisions, after writing a goodbye letter to her partner and then departing the scene.

She did not lock the door on her way out, authorities said.

About two hours later, Richmond police officers tracked her down at the Revival Tabernacle church, which is about a mile and a half away from Villa Drive. The mother reportedly had a simple reasoning for doing what she”d done.

“My flesh and spirit could not take it no longer, so I left,” Vicker allegedly told officers.

According to Lexington-based CBS affiliate WKYT, police learned Vicker had walked to the church.

“They did find a 1-year-old child left in this person’s apartment that had just been abandoned,” Makenzie Davis, Richmond Police executive assistant told the TV station. “The child was alone in a playpen along with a note saying that the mother had intended to leave.”

“Overall, the situation with the door unlocked just made it very unsafe for the child,” Davis added.

Vicker was booked into the Madison County Jail on Wednesday and placed on a $10,000 bond.

She was scheduled to appear in court on Friday.