A Texas mother is facing criminal charges after her 11-year-old nonverbal son with autism was found to be malnourished, weighing just 46 pounds, with feces “caked” under his fingernails, according to cops.
Rachel Nicole Blaylock, 40, stands accused of injury to a child. The case began on May 13 when cops received a call to conduct an “urgent welfare check” at a home in the 200 block of Homan Street in Baytown, which is outside of Houston. When the responding officer knocked on the door, Blaylock answered and let her inside.
The officer immediately saw the home was infested with flies and reeked of fecal matter, with “the smell being bad enough she nearly threw up,” the affidavit said…