The mother told the baby’s grandmother that she put the 1-month-old “in the oven instead of the crib,” according to court records.
“Officers observed apparent burn wounds to the victim’s body,” a detective said in the probable cause statement. “The Kansas City Fire Department (KCFD) responded and declared the victim deceased on scene.”
First responders learned the mother “went to put the child down for a nap and accidentally placed her in the oven instead of the crib,” the records said.
The baby’s grandparents told detectives they left the home they share with their daughter earlier that morning.
The grandfather returned home after his wife called and told him “something was wrong with the baby,” court records said. He told detectives he could smell smoke inside and found the baby dead in her crib. The baby’s mother told the grandfather thatshe “accidentally put her in the oven.”
Detectives executing a search warrant found the infant in a car seat in the living room with “thermal injuries on various parts of her body.” The child’s clothing appeared to have melted onto her diaper, and they also found a baby blanket with burn marks, the documents said.ARTICLE HERE