A Kansas City mother was charged in the death of her 1-month-old baby after she allegedly accidently placed the child in the oven instead of the crib, the prosecutor’s office said Saturday.
Mariah Thomas, 26, was charged with Class A felony of endangering the welfare of a child in the first-degree in the death of her baby, prosecutor Jean Peters Baker said in a news release from the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office in Missouri .
Around 1:30 p.m. Friday, Kansas City Police responded to a report of a non-breathing infant at a residence, according to charges filed by the prosecutor’s office in court. They arrived at the scene to find a “1-month-old child with apparent burns” and thermal injuries lying in a car seat near the front door.
The police “were told the mother of the child was putting the child down for a nap and accidentally placed the child in the oven instead of the crib,” said the prosecutor’s office in the news release.
The Kansas City Fire Department and EMS responders, who were also present on scene, rendered aid and declared the infant dead at the scene, the Kansas Police Department said.