Horror as mom charged for ‘accidentally baking daughter to death in oven’

Horror as mom charged for ‘accidentally baking daughter to death in oven’

A 26-year-old mum has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child after her newborn baby was tragically found dead in an oven.

Mariah Thomas is accused of mistaking the oven for a crib and placing one-month-old Za’Riah Mae inside, according to an arrest warrant.

The baby girl was found with burn wounds at their Kansas City, Missouri, home.

The police were called to the scene where they discovered the child not breathing and covered in burns.

The arrest warrant reveals that the baby’s clothes were charred and burnt into her nappy, and there was a smell of smoke in the house.

Za’Riah’s grandad told officers he received a call from Thomas around 1pm on Friday. She told him “something was wrong with the baby” and asked him to come home.

When he arrived, he could smell smoke and found the lifeless baby in her crib. He told police that Thomas said she had “accidentally” put the baby in the oven, court documents reveal.

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Police found Za-Riah in a car seat with “apparent thermal injuries on various parts of her body”.

A burnt baby blanket was also found at the scene. Friends have suggested that Thomas’ mental health may have contributed to the incident, describing Za’Riah as a “very bubbly” child who was “smiling all the time”.

Thomas was taken to the police station but chose to remain silent under her Fifth Amendment rights. However, she did agree to a blood test and handed over her phone data to the authorities.

Currently held at the Jackson County Detention Center, Thomas often portrayed herself as a loving mom on social media. She frequently posted pictures of her daughter, referring to her as a “princess.”

In one post, she expressed her desire to be the “best mother” to her “beautiful daughter.”

However, just weeks before the incident, Thomas vented her frustration on Facebook about the lack of support she was receiving.

She wrote: “Mfs claim they my friend by don’t never check up on me or Za’Riah.”

Horror as mom charged for ‘accidentally baking daughter to death in oven’