One-Month-Old Baby Dies After Kansas City Mother Places Her In The Oven for a Nap
Mariah Thomas. PHOTO: JACKSON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER
A Kansas City mother was charged with felony child endangerment after authorities claimed she put her 1-month-old baby in an oven for a nap, which caused the infant’s death.
As Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker revealed in a news release on Saturday, the woman, identified as Kansas City, Missouri resident Mariah Thomas, placed her newborn baby in an oven earlier this week.
According to the release, police found the child on Friday after responding to a 911 call that reported “a non-breathing infant.” Upon their arrival, officers discovered the baby with “apparent burns.”
Authorities were told that Thomas was “putting the child down for a nap and accidentally placed the child in the oven instead of the crib,” the prosecutor said.
