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February 16th, 2009, 10:27 PM
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Officers searching a vehicle during a drug investigation last week found a 5-month-old baby who was malnourished, dehydrated and covered in sores, abandoned in the back seat, Dallas police say.
The child's mother, 19-year-old Sofia Guadalupe Morales, was arrested on a charge of child endangerment.
[Sofia Morales]
Sofia Guadalupe Morales
About 10 p.m. Thursday, officers were looking into possible drug sales at a house in the 4700 block of Manett Street in Old East Dallas.
In front of the home, a tan 1991 Ford Explorer was parked with the keys in the ignition and the driver's side window rolled down. Officers say they smelled marijuana coming from inside.
The officers asked Morales and others nearby to whom the truck belonged. No one claimed it, police say.
As an officer began to search the car, he noticed a baby seat in the back under a stack of clothing. When he removed the clothing, he saw the baby, motionless and covered with sores and blisters that looked like burns. The officer yelled for help.
As the officer yelled, the baby opened his eyes but made no other movements or sounds.
A few minutes later, Morales came forward and said, "That's my baby and truck," according to police. "I was right inside the house, he is fine," police say she told them.
The sores turned out to be from epidermolysis bullosa, a disease in which the skin is so fragile that even minor rubbing can cause blisters.
Police say the boy was in a hard plastic baby seat with no soft covering, which is recommended for babies with the disease. He was taken to Children's Medical Center Dallas, where a doctor said the baby was also malnourished and dehydrated.
The baby, along with two other children, ages 3 and 4, were taken into CPS custody.
Morales was being held Monday in the Dallas County Jail in lieu of $40,500 bail. She faces drug charges, in addition to the child endangerment charge. Police say they found marijuana and methamphetamine in the Explorer.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/021709dnmetbaby.346c77d.html
Officers searching a vehicle during a drug investigation last week found a 5-month-old baby who was malnourished, dehydrated and covered in sores, abandoned in the back seat, Dallas police say.
The child's mother, 19-year-old Sofia Guadalupe Morales, was arrested on a charge of child endangerment.
[Sofia Morales]
Sofia Guadalupe Morales
About 10 p.m. Thursday, officers were looking into possible drug sales at a house in the 4700 block of Manett Street in Old East Dallas.
In front of the home, a tan 1991 Ford Explorer was parked with the keys in the ignition and the driver's side window rolled down. Officers say they smelled marijuana coming from inside.
The officers asked Morales and others nearby to whom the truck belonged. No one claimed it, police say.
As an officer began to search the car, he noticed a baby seat in the back under a stack of clothing. When he removed the clothing, he saw the baby, motionless and covered with sores and blisters that looked like burns. The officer yelled for help.
As the officer yelled, the baby opened his eyes but made no other movements or sounds.
A few minutes later, Morales came forward and said, "That's my baby and truck," according to police. "I was right inside the house, he is fine," police say she told them.
The sores turned out to be from epidermolysis bullosa, a disease in which the skin is so fragile that even minor rubbing can cause blisters.
Police say the boy was in a hard plastic baby seat with no soft covering, which is recommended for babies with the disease. He was taken to Children's Medical Center Dallas, where a doctor said the baby was also malnourished and dehydrated.
The baby, along with two other children, ages 3 and 4, were taken into CPS custody.
Morales was being held Monday in the Dallas County Jail in lieu of $40,500 bail. She faces drug charges, in addition to the child endangerment charge. Police say they found marijuana and methamphetamine in the Explorer.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/021709dnmetbaby.346c77d.html