‘Gruesome…Tragedy’: Missouri Mother Claims She ‘Accidentally’ Put 1-Month-Old in Oven Instead of Crib, Leading to Baby’s Grisly Death and Manslaughter Charge

Nearly one year after a Missouri woman’s baby was found dead, burned alive in an oven, officials have charged the mother with involuntary manslaughter. Mariah Thomas claims that when she put her 1-month-old daughter down for a nap, “I thought I put (redacted) in her crib, and I accidentally put her in the oven,” she allegedly told an unidentified adult who lived in the Kansas City home, according to court documents, as reported by Kansas City Star. Mariah Thomas (Jackson County Detention Center) The unidentified witness notified authorities after he received a “hysterical” call from Thomas on Feb. 3, saying something was wrong with the baby. When he returned home, police said he could smell smoke inside the house and found the infant dead inside the crib. According to the affidavit, he picked up the baby, which had apparent “thermal injuries” on various parts of her body. She was dressed in a “bodysuit” over a diaper and the clothing appeared to have melted to the diaper, police said. The clothing was “very dirty, possibly burned on the backside,” according to the affidavit, per Kansas City Star. In the living room, a baby blanket with “significant burn marks” was found. “We...