WEST JORDAN — A West Jordan mother is facing criminal charges after police say she nearly caused the death of her infant child due to malnourishment.
Emmylou Teresa Arellano, 41, was charged Thursday in 3rd District Court with two counts of aggravated child abuse, a second-degree felony.
On March 27, Arellano took her 2-month-old boy to a children’s clinic where doctors noticed the boy was “malnourished and running a fever,” according to charging documents. The boy was then taken to Primary Children’s Hospital where an officer said the boy “was so skinny that he could see the shape of his bones under his skin.”…