Sentenced: Nicole Finley's 9 Month Old Boy's Leg Smelled Like Rotten Flesh

[Sugar Cookie]

A 9-month-old boy who tested positive for meth likely will have to endure several medical procedures in the months ahead because his parents allegedly sought medical advice on Google.

The evidence against parents Nicole Finley, 20, and Bruce Nowlen, 29, is enough to charge them with child neglect, according to a Lakeland Police Department affidavit.

Investigators began their case on Oct. 14 after the child started receiving care at Lakeland Regional Health. The baby, who is not named in the affidavit, had some sort of injury to his leg and tested positive for the drug.

This was roughly four days after symptoms appeared on Oct. 10, police say.

Finley told police she called her pediatrician's office on Oct. 13, seeking advice how to treat what she thought was a bug bite. She was advised to treat it like one would a boil -- elevate the leg, put antibiotic cream on the wound and do not let him touch it.

It seemed OK in the days leading up to Oct. 14, when the leg started to feel "hot" and the redness began to spread. In an effort to try and ease the pain, Finley placed him in the bathtub when "puss began to shoot out...," the affidavit reads.

The leg smelled like "rotten flesh," Finley is said to have told police. She told investigators she experiences "puss bubbles" and knew how to treat them.

After a few Google searches, Finley came to the conclusion that her son was bitten by a brown recluse spider.

Investigators learned the baby had been living with Finley and Nowlen in a Lakeland hotel, still displaced after Hurricane Irma.

When police went to inspect the room on Oct. 16, it was "not safe, or sanitary for a baby" with trash, rotten food and dirty diapers everywhere.

In the department's investigation, there never were phone records nor evidence of any call nor visit a Tampa Bay-area hospital -- the baby did not receive any care until he finally was taken to the hospital, police say.

Nowlen told police he became worried because of the way the baby was crying and breathing, prompting them to go to the hospital.

When Nowlen was being interviewed, he denied using drugs. However, Finley told police the couple previously were under investigation for meth use.

Because "Finley and Nowlen did not seek any medical treatment, there was a substantial risk of death from the infection, as noted by doctors," the affidavit reads.

Finley is in the Polk County Jail while police seek to arrest Nowlen.

http://www.wfaa.com/news/crime/flor...treat-meth-positive-baby-police-say/492521301

 

[cubby]

"puss began to shoot out...,"

That should never be used to describe anything about a baby. Gah! such stupidity!

 

[Sejanus]

Ah yes, Baby Pus-bubbles.
It will be on everyones Christmas wish list this holiday season.

This dizzy bimbo doesn't even look intelligent enough to know how she ever got knocked up in the first place.
A pity she wasn't swept out with the tide.

Pus bubbles...lol
Too funny, yet sad at the same time.

 

[Brillig]

In an effort to try and ease the pain, Finley placed him in the bathtub when "puss began to shoot out...," the affidavit reads.

A cat shot out of the baby's leg?!?

 

[Sue sue]

Brown recluse venom can be very painful,

 

[Mitchfb]

This dizzy bimbo doesn't even look intelligent enough tyo know how she ever got knocked up in the first place.

You know I really wish there weren't adults that were too stupid to know how they got pregnant. However, I have personally had to explain to a 19 year old how she got pregnant because she really didn't understand it. Good ol' indian reservation education... some how still passed the ASVAB and joined the Navy (was working in a joint command at the time... miserable)

 

[Keepalowprofile]

. The leg smelled like "rotten flesh," Finley is said to have told police. She told investigators she experiences "puss bubbles" and knew how to treat them.

I bet she does.

 

[Brillig]

She told investigators she experiences "puss bubbles" and knew how to treat them.

"Puss bubble" examples

 

[myra manes]

"Puss bubble" examples

I want one!!!

 

[Runecire]

I want one!!!

Of course you do.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Name:	FINLEY, NICOLE D

Release Date:	06/01/2020

Offense Date	Offense	Sentence Date	County	Case No.	Prison Sentence Length
10/01/2017	CHILD NEGLECT	11/20/2019	POLK	1709869	2Y 4M 15D

Name:	NOWLEN, BRUCE A

Release Date:	08/05/2019

Offense Date	Offense	Sentence Date	County	Case No.	Prison Sentence Length
10/01/2017	CHILD NEGLECT	03/15/2019	POLK	1709868	1Y 9M 9D

Prior Prison History: (Note: Data reflected covers periods of incarceration with the Florida Dept.of Corrections since January of 1983)

Offense Date	Offense	Sentence Date	County	Case No.	Prison Sentence Length
05/10/2007	FORGERY/UTTERING	01/29/2009	POLK	0706029	1Y 0M 1D
05/10/2007	UTTER FORGED INSTRUMENT	01/29/2009	POLK	0706029	1Y 0M 1D
05/10/2007	GRAND THEFT,300 L/5,000	01/29/2009	POLK	0706029	1Y 0M 1D

 

[Mountaineer95]

So she’s free to get knocked up again? Great.