MO - 1-month-old girl dies when mother, Mariah Thomas, allegedly places her in oven instead of crib, mom charged - Kansas City, 9 Feb 2024

[Mandi3020]

This is horrifying, and causes me to feel nauseous.
RIP little one.

 

[ifindedout]

It does beg the question - How big is the oven and wouldn't you have to remove a grate to fit a child of that size in?

BBM
Yes, unless

• only one rack was in there, and the other was stored or missing
• the upper rack was set high enough above the lower one

ETA: going by my own freestanding oven which has 5 shelves, I keep the racks/grates on level 1 and 3 from the bottom

 

[Knox]

Leg. Maybe arm too?
edited for snipping

That's what I saw too, poor sweet baby.

I watched a few of her video's, there is def something off. Very childlike for 31, maybe someone else can offer an opinion.

 

[DeDee]

This case makes me think of things I've never considered before.

 

[sunflowermomma]

I don't think she's 31 - per the Jackson Co jail register she was born in 1998 which would make her 25.

 

[Knox]

I don't think she's 31 - per the Jackson Co jail register she was born in 1998 which would make her 25.

Thanks for correcting me. My point still stands, she is very childlike - maybe the media will reveal more details. IMO, Mariah doesn't seem to function like a 25 year old woman.

 

[Chimera]

According to her facebook, she also lost a child on 12/30/22?

Anyone else see bruises - photo dated 2/8. Zariah Mmy

Yes. Two on her upper right arm and one on her left leg below the knee and on the side of her calf.
Look like grabbing or finger marks ?
Omo.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Missouri mom charged with baking newborn daughter to death in OVEN

Mariah Thomas, 26, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child after one-month-old Za'Riah Mae was found with 'burn wounds' at her Kansas City home on Friday.

www.dailymail.co.uk

https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article285331992.html

 

[gliving]

It does beg the question - How big is the oven and wouldn't you have to remove a grate to fit a child of that size in?

Spoiler

And preheat the oven?!

 

[swanniee11]

I have not read all the info and comments yet because I read the thread title and have to say
ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME!
I can't understand this at all, zero, nothing!!!!!

 

[Bounceycat]

I don't think she's 31 - per the Jackson Co jail register she was born in 1998 which would make her 25.

Her 26th birthday is the day she committed this horrible act.

 

[LadyL]

sick to my stomach
so sorry baby girl

 

[investikater]

It’s unbelievable. I remember way back in the 1970s they would talk about mothers on drugs who put their babies in the oven. As a kid, it horrified me but as I got older I assumed it must have just been rumor and urban legend type of thing. Now all these years later, this horrifying story.

Can you tell us anymore? It would be interesting if this has happened before

Edit: I found references to the urban myth and previous real life incidents

Texas Mom Reportedly Put Baby in Oven While High

A woman was arrested after police say she placed her toddler in an oven while she was under the influence of drugs and alcohol.

www.snopes.com

The Baby-Roast - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[investikater]

My first thought on seeing the headline was maybe they are very poor and the oven was the only temporary bed they had, and that someone turned it on to preheat without checking if anything or anyone was in there first.
Because I've heard of people using drawers as cribs in impoverished circumstances.
But with reports that she was found in a cribb or a car seat that can't be true.
They can't have been that poor because they either definitely had a cribb, or could afford a car seat and presumably a car and therefore also a crib.
And they probably also had drawers and plenty of other options better than a working oven.

 

[investikater]

Is there anywhere I can see videos without logging into Facebook?

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Is there anywhere I can see videos without logging into Facebook?

 

[imstilla.grandma]

It’s unbelievable. I remember way back in the 1970s they would talk about mothers on drugs who put their babies in the oven. As a kid, it horrified me but as I got older I assumed it must have just been rumor and urban legend type of thing. Now all these years later, this horrifying story.

*not in the 70’s but more recent:

Mother charged in children's death placed them in oven, police say

Suspect's mother says she knew her daughter had mental health issues and predicted she'd hurt the kids

www.cbsnews.com

Toddler Tragically Dies After Siblings Placed Her in the Oven

The four kids, all under the age of 5, were left home alone while their mother went out for pizza.

www.goodhousekeeping.com

A baby girl was 'still alive' when she was baked inside an oven

Carolyn Jones, 48, is charged with first-degree murder after her granddaughter Royalty Marie Floyd's body was found in the oven at her home in Shaw, Mississippi on Monday night.

www.dailymail.co.uk

No parole for Millbrook mom who put baby in hot oven

Ashley Smith faced a panel of strangers Tuesday and asked them to keep her mother in prison.

www.montgomeryadvertiser.com

Texas Mom Reportedly Put Baby in Oven While High

A woman was arrested after police say she placed her toddler in an oven while she was under the influence of drugs and alcohol.

www.snopes.com

Urban Legend Come Alive: Mom Cooks Baby in Oven | Center for Inquiry

Baby in Oven Urban Legend Comes True- Kind Of

centerforinquiry.org

 

[Charlot123]

Thanks for correcting me. My point still stands, she is very childlike - maybe the media will reveal more details. IMO, Mariah doesn't seem to function like a 25 year old woman.

I see it, too. When i read the heading, my first thought was the obvious. But having seen her photos, i wonder if it was her first child. Could it be so that chronic insomnia triggered some kind of delirium?

 

[investikater]

Thank you that was interesting

I meant the videos of the person of interest that people are talking about though

 

[SMK777]

*not in the 70’s but more recent:

Mother charged in children's death placed them in oven, police say

Suspect's mother says she knew her daughter had mental health issues and predicted she'd hurt the kids

www.cbsnews.com

Toddler Tragically Dies After Siblings Placed Her in the Oven

The four kids, all under the age of 5, were left home alone while their mother went out for pizza.

www.goodhousekeeping.com

A baby girl was 'still alive' when she was baked inside an oven

Carolyn Jones, 48, is charged with first-degree murder after her granddaughter Royalty Marie Floyd's body was found in the oven at her home in Shaw, Mississippi on Monday night.

www.dailymail.co.uk

No parole for Millbrook mom who put baby in hot oven

Ashley Smith faced a panel of strangers Tuesday and asked them to keep her mother in prison.

www.montgomeryadvertiser.com

Texas Mom Reportedly Put Baby in Oven While High

A woman was arrested after police say she placed her toddler in an oven while she was under the influence of drugs and alcohol.

www.snopes.com

Urban Legend Come Alive: Mom Cooks Baby in Oven | Center for Inquiry

Baby in Oven Urban Legend Comes True- Kind Of

centerforinquiry.org

That’s just unbelievable and horrific.