By Mirna Alsharif and George Solis -
NBC News
A Kansas City, Missouri mother allegedly killed her one-month-old baby by putting her in the oven, according to court documents filed in Jackson County.
The mother was arrested and charged with first-degree felonies against minors, according to a complaint filed Friday in county Circuit Court.
Kansas City Police Department officers responded to a home Friday afternoon after receiving a report of a “baby not breathing,” according to official documents.
“Officers observed apparent burn injuries on the victim's body,” a detective said in the probable cause statement.
“The Kansas City Fire Department (KCFD) responded and pronounced the victim deceased at the scene.”
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The first officers to arrive on the scene learned that the mother “went to put the child down for a nap and accidentally put her in the oven instead of the crib,” according to records.
The baby's grandparents told detectives they had left the home they shared with their daughter earlier that morning.
The girl's grandmother received a call around 1 p.m. from the mother, who was hysterical, and told her that she had put the girl "in the oven instead of the crib," police said in the report. release.
The grandfather returned home after his wife called him and told him that “something was wrong with the baby,” according to court records.
He told detectives he could smell smoke inside and found the baby dead in his crib.
Her mother told her grandfather that she had “accidentally put it in the oven.”
Detectives executing a search warrant found the baby in a car seat in a bedroom, with “thermal injuries to various parts of her body.”
The girl's clothes appeared to have melted onto her diaper, and they also found a baby blanket with burn marks, documents state.
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“We recognize the horrific nature of this tragedy and our hearts are heavy at the loss of this precious life,” Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker said in a statement.
“We trust that the criminal justice system will respond appropriately to these horrific circumstances.”
It was not clear Sunday whether the mother had hired an attorney.
If she is convicted, she faces sentences of between 10 years and life in prison.