AUSTIN (KXAN) — Carmen Mejia was not in the bathroom when an infant in her care was exposed to scalding water resulting in his death back in 2003, according to testimony given by her children at the time of the incident. The public revelation came Monday during Mejia’s exoneration hearing in Travis County court.
Carmen Mejia was 34 in July 2003 when police said she brought a child she was babysitting to a clinic on Lamar Boulevard around noon, four hours after the baby suffered third-degree burns over 80% of his body.
The child’s injuries were severe and he was taken to St. David’s before being transferred to Breckenridge, according to police. He died the same day.
At the time, detectives said Mejia’s story about what happened changed several times. She first told police the baby pulled a pot of boiling water from the stove. She later said the baby’s father had caused the burns…