LAKE OZARK, Mo. (AP) A 25-year-old southwest Missouri woman is jailed after
her 6-month-old daughter suffered severe burns in a bathtub.
Elizabeth Austin, of Lake Ozark, was charged after the girl was flown Sunday to
a Kansas hospital with burns from her waist to her head. KYTV reports the child
is on a ventilator at the University of Kansas hospital.
Court records show say Austin told officers she left the baby in a baby’s tub
while she tried to control her 4-year-old child.
Investigators say Austin claimed her 2-year-old daughter pushed the baby’s tub
under running water and turned the hot water on.
Austin is charged with two counts of first-degree child endangerment and felony
drug possession. Bond was set at $100,000.
Online court records don’t name an attorney for Austin.
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