Houston Chronicle.com: Texas mother hangs herself, 3 children
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My best wishes out to the poor 8-month old left behind. Such a disturbing story.
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almost as bad as this. What is wrong with texas
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4842459.html
An east Houston woman has been charged with committing serious bodily injury to a child after she took her severely burned 2-year-old daughter to a hospital, and the girl died there Monday, according to public records.
Yokandra Lanett Midkiff, 24, was identified in Harris County court records today as the woman who told hospital officials that her daughter had fallen into a campfire on a beach. But the girl's burns appeared to have resulted from immersion in scalding water, said Estella Olguin, spokeswoman for Child Protective Services.
The mother today changed her account of events surrounding the child's injuries, claiming that the child accidentally sat in scalding water Friday night while the mother was running a bath for the child, Olguin said in a statement today.
CPS and Houston police continue investigating the death, Olguin said.
No bond has been set today, according to court records. Midkiff remained in custody.
Child welfare authorities placed Midkiff's other child, a 9-month-old boy, in the custody of an aunt pending further investigation.
The girl was brought to Memorial Hermann Hospital by ambulance about 9 a.m. Monday and died about 2 p.m., Olguin said. She said the girl had second- and third-degree burns on her buttocks, genitals, legs and feet.
The girl's name was being withheld pending notification of her father, who does not live with the mother and children, Olguin said.
Midkiff, of 777 Coolwood Drive, first said the child fell into a campfire during a family barbecue on a beach but doctors said the burns appeared to have been inflicted by extremely hot water, Olguin said.
The Harris County medical examiner's office will conduct an autopsy on the child's body today, Olguin said. CPS and Houston police are continuing an investigation of the child's death, she said.
Midkiff told a CPS investigator that she was running a bath and that the child sat in the hot water and accidentally burned herself, Olguin said in a statement.
When the child arrived at the hospital, doctors observed that some of her burns were old enough to have become infected, Olguin said. At that time, Midkiff could not say exactly when and where the injuries were inflicted.
Shortly after she was born, the girl was taken into CPS custody because Midkiff had failed two drug tests, Olguin said.
Authorities returned the baby to Midkiff's custody after the woman underwent drug treatment, Olguin said.
Staff reporter Kevin Moran contributed to this article.
steve.mcvicker@chron.com
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4842459.html
An east Houston woman has been charged with committing serious bodily injury to a child after she took her severely burned 2-year-old daughter to a hospital, and the girl died there Monday, according to public records.
Yokandra Lanett Midkiff, 24, was identified in Harris County court records today as the woman who told hospital officials that her daughter had fallen into a campfire on a beach. But the girl's burns appeared to have resulted from immersion in scalding water, said Estella Olguin, spokeswoman for Child Protective Services.
The mother today changed her account of events surrounding the child's injuries, claiming that the child accidentally sat in scalding water Friday night while the mother was running a bath for the child, Olguin said in a statement today.
CPS and Houston police continue investigating the death, Olguin said.
No bond has been set today, according to court records. Midkiff remained in custody.
Child welfare authorities placed Midkiff's other child, a 9-month-old boy, in the custody of an aunt pending further investigation.
The girl was brought to Memorial Hermann Hospital by ambulance about 9 a.m. Monday and died about 2 p.m., Olguin said. She said the girl had second- and third-degree burns on her buttocks, genitals, legs and feet.
The girl's name was being withheld pending notification of her father, who does not live with the mother and children, Olguin said.
Midkiff, of 777 Coolwood Drive, first said the child fell into a campfire during a family barbecue on a beach but doctors said the burns appeared to have been inflicted by extremely hot water, Olguin said.
The Harris County medical examiner's office will conduct an autopsy on the child's body today, Olguin said. CPS and Houston police are continuing an investigation of the child's death, she said.
Midkiff told a CPS investigator that she was running a bath and that the child sat in the hot water and accidentally burned herself, Olguin said in a statement.
When the child arrived at the hospital, doctors observed that some of her burns were old enough to have become infected, Olguin said. At that time, Midkiff could not say exactly when and where the injuries were inflicted.
Shortly after she was born, the girl was taken into CPS custody because Midkiff had failed two drug tests, Olguin said.
Authorities returned the baby to Midkiff's custody after the woman underwent drug treatment, Olguin said.
Staff reporter Kevin Moran contributed to this article.
steve.mcvicker@chron.com
