An Arizona mother and her boyfriend are facing murder and child abuse charges after allegedly pouring scalding hot water over the head of the mom’s toddler and keeping his injuries secret until the boy died from a severe infection and sepsis.
Artnesia Aaliyah Baptist, 24, and Alexsander Byrne, 21, are charged in Maricopa County with killing Baptist’s 22-month-old son in April. The Mesa couple then “hid” the boy’s burns from his biological father and threatened to kill the man if he tried to pick the child up.
Byrne later admitted that they “intentionally refused medical treatment for the child” because they thought Child Protective Services would get involved…