A Missouri mother burned her one-month-old baby to death in an oven and later claimed to police that she mistook the kitchen for a crib, authorities said.
Police described the scene at the Kansas City home as “horrific,” after mother Mariah Thomas’s baby was found severely burned and not breathing on Friday, according to The Guardian.
Thomas told authorities that she “was putting her son down for a nap and accidentally placed him in the oven instead of the crib,” according to Fox 4.
Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker said “our hearts are overwhelmed by the loss of this precious life.”
“We trust that the criminal justice system will respond appropriately to these terrible circumstances,” he said, according to the local media.
Thomas was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and killing a child.
Mariah Thomas, of Kansas City, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and the death of a child. Thomas told authorities that she “was putting her son down for a nap and accidentally placed him in the oven instead of the crib.” FOX4 Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker said “our hearts are overwhelmed by the loss of this precious life.” FOX4 Kansas City Police were called to the home because a baby was not breathing and found him with burns. FOX4
Last month, a toddler was found dead inside the home of a disgraced police lieutenant and foster father who is in prison for child rape.
The mother called 911 after the boy suffered a medical emergency inside the Boston-area home.
She was pronounced dead at the hospital.
The boy was found at the home of former Winthrop Police Lt. James Feeley, who was arrested in December.
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