A mother has been charged for allegedly placing a 1-month-old baby in an oven, leading to the child’s death .
The woman told family members she accidentally placed the infant in the oven rather than her crib, according to court documents.
Mariah Thomas is charged with endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree, leading to the death of a child, a class A felony.
“We appreciate all first responders who worked this scene and the prosecutors who went to the scene in order to issue these charges,” Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker said in a written statement. “We acknowledge the gruesome nature of this tragedy and our hearts are weighted by the loss of this precious life. We trust the criminal justice system to respond appropriately to these awful circumstances.”
Officers with the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department responded to a home in the 4100 block of Forest Avenue on a report of an infant not breathing.
Police and EMS located an individual holding the 1-month-old baby, who was unresponsive and had burn wounds on her body. The infant was declared deceased at the scene.