KANSAS CITY, Mo. ( WDAF ) — A Kansas City mother has been charged for allegedly placing her 1-month-old baby in an oven, according to Jackson County Prosecutor, Jean Peters Baker.
Kansas City Police began investigating the suspicious death of an infant at a home. Initially, police were told the child was unresponsive. She was later pronounced dead at the scene.
The next day, prosecutors charged the mother for allegedly killing the baby by putting the 1-month-old child in an oven.
The mother, identified by officials as Mariah Thomas, is facing a Class A felony of endangering the welfare of a child in the 1st degree, death of a child.
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Charging documents claim that when the police arrived at the scene on Friday, they noticed the baby was badly burned. Prosecutors say a witness told them that the mother “was putting her child down for a nap, and accidentally placed the child in the oven instead of the crib.”