Mom Who Claims She ‘Accidentally’ Put Infant in Oven Instead of Crib Charged with Manslaughter

Mar. 15, 2025

Mariah Thomas. Jackson County Detention Center.Photo:Jackson County Detention Center

Jackson County Detention Center

According to a Feb. 10 Jackson County Prosecutorpress release, Mariah Thomas, 26, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree and death of a child for the Feb. 9 incident. On Thursday, Dec. 5, a Jackson County grand jury added an involuntary manslaughter charge,TheKansas City Starreported on Monday, Dec. 9.

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“We appreciate all first responders who worked this scene and the prosecutors who went to the scene in order to issue these charges," Baker said in the prosecutor’s office release at the time.

“I thought I put (redacted) in her crib and I accidentally put her in the oven,” Thomas allegedly told an unidentified adult who lived in the home, according to court documents.

The individual had reportedly been at work but came home after receiving a “hysterical” phone call from Thomas regarding the infant.

The incident happened at a home near 41st Street and Forest Avenue in the Manheim Park neighborhood,KMBCreported, adding that Thomas has pleaded not guilty.

Thomas’ trial is scheduled to begin on Jan. 13, 2025,The Kansas City Starreports.

source: people.com