A three-month-old boy suffered from an immersion burn under the supervision of his babysitter in Mesa, Arizona on February. The court charged the babysitter with child abuse. The infant experienced multiple surgeries after the incident.
The baby's name is Elliot and is now four months old. His mother, Michelle Sabbagh told the publication, 12 News, about how this all happened to her child. It all started when she received a message from their babysitter, Brittany Marlene Morton, in the middle of her day job saying she thought that the baby was having rashes on his body.
Morton also sent a picture of the baby's hand and some part of his arms that has blisters. Elliot's mom went home and rushed her child to the hospital telling nurses that Morton thought the baby's rashes were from a hot bottle.
The nurses took a look at the baby's skin and told Sabbagh that her child suffered from an immersion burn and it was intentional. "It's a dip," Elliot's mom said. "There's a perfect line around his arm."
Local police arrested the 24-year-old babysitter the next day after the baby was rushed to the hospital. She was handcuffed from her house and brought in the Mesa police department for questioning. During the investigation, police said that Morton was very inconsistent with her statement.
Her statement went from the child experiencing the burn through a hot bottle, then she changed it to hot coffee and then finally saying that it was actually from a hot water coming out of a water dispenser while she was trying to clean some sour gummies.
The defendant pleaded not guilty of her child abuse charge and the judge is still yet to make a final decision. The family is gaining a lot of help from people who are supporting their giant medical bill. If you want to help the family and four-month-old baby Elliot, check out their crowd-funding site here for more information on how you could help.
This is not the first time that baby made the news because of being burned. Check out this story below. Parents should really screen their babysitters before hiring them.
