A Florida mom allegedly placed her seven-week-old son under 142
degree water so he would stop crying — can you believe this happened , of New Port Richey, Florida ran water until it reached a scalding temperature and held her seven-week-old son Emilio Jesus Bautista under for two or three minutes, just so he would stop crying!
She has been arrested for aggravated child abuse.
The infant has suffered severe burns to his upper body including his head, chest and arms. He also suffered from second-degree burns on his ears and eyes, The Daily Mail reports. He is currently in critical condition.
The infant’s burns on his chest caused his left nipple to pull off when his shirt was removed, the Pasco Sheriffs office reports.
The 18-year-old mother claimed baby Emilio’s skin was peeling and bubbling when she went to dry him off, Tampa Bay Online reports. She then took him to a hospital nearby, yet the baby’s burns were so immense that he was helicoptered to Tampa General Pediatric Burn Unit.
This is one of the most horrific child abuse cases we’ve seen in years, Pasco Sheriff’s spokesman Kevin Doll says.
