Mother pleads guilty to putting newborn in oven in Missouri

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 23 Sept, 00:03

Mariah Thomas, 28, pleaded guilty to putting her one-month-old daughter in a hot oven.

Mariah Thomas, 28, cut a plea deal on Tuesday, nearly three years after being detained for placing her one-month-old daughter Za'Riah Mae in a hot oven in February 2024. Thomas told police she mistook the oven for a crib. The infant was found with severe burns across her body.

How it is being reported

• Missouri mom who put newborn in oven instead of crib learns fate as murder charge droppedFox News · 22 Sept, 23:46
• Mother pleads guilty to baking her newborn baby to death in OVEN after claiming she mistook it for crib... and she has been handed disgracefully short sentenceDaily Mail · 22 Sept, 18:22

In this story: Mariah Thomas · Za'Riah Mae · Missouri · Kansas City

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