A chill event was then recorded in a neighborhood in Missouri, USA that the police were alerted to something strange in one of the houses in the area and when they went to the scene they found a Dantesque scene.
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And a woman, identified how Mariah Thomas, 26, burned her baby, a month-old girl, in an oven and then claimed to police she mistook the kitchen for a crib.
According to the police The scene at the Kansas City home was truly “terrifying” as the little girl was found last Friday with severe burns and struggling to breathe.
Kansas City mother Mariah Thomas, 26, was accused of baking her newborn daughter to death in an oven after mistaking the oven for the child’s crib. Thomas told police she “accidentally put her in the oven instead of the crib.” pic.twitter.com/AhyY4Py454
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Authorities responded to a call Friday reporting a child was not breathing in the mother’s Kansas City apartment.exactly one day after Thomas’ birthday.
When they arrived, They found the baby with burns and clothing fused to the diaper.
The woman told authorities that she was “putting her son down for a nap and accidentally put him in the oven instead of the crib.”
According to court documents, the baby’s grandfather told police that he received a call from Thomas around 1 p.m. She allegedly told him that “there was something wrong with the baby and that he needed to come home immediately.”
The man told police he smelled smoke when he entered the home and noticed the baby in her crib not breathing.
According to the statement, the man picked up the baby and asked him what happened to which one The mother replied, “I thought I put it in her crib and accidentally put it in the oven.”
The young mother, who still lived with her parents, was arrested and is said to have agreed to allow investigators to take his blood and access his phone data.
The police, for their part, mourned the tragic and painful death of the little girl. and expressed his condolences for the unfortunate incident.
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“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,” local media said.
While, The mother was accused of endangering the welfare of a child and killing the child.
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