A Texas woman was arrested last week after her 11-year-old autistic son was reportedly found severely underweight and with other injuries indicative of abuse.
Baytown police said that in May, Rachel Baylock’s son was found in a locked room by himself despite several other people living in the mobile home. The boy — who weighed 46 pounds — had rotting teeth and was covered in dried feces, according to KTRK.
Medical records stated that the boy was hospitalized with feces on his teeth, in his ears, and under his nails.
Investigators noted the smell of feces and other bodily fluids throughout Baylock’s home. Baylock, 41, allegedly claimed her nonverbal son, who could not use the bathroom on his own, would throw feces around his room.
According to the Baytown Sun, a Child Protection Services investigator instructed an officer to tell Baylock that her son needed medical care. Baylock allegedly responded, “I can’t just drop everything I’m f**king doing and take him to the hospital so a quack a** doctor can say, ‘Ohh I don’t know what’s wrong with him,’ so we can see another one.”
Baylock admitted to replacing her son’s door with a screen door she kept locked because he would flee the home naked. Meanwhile, the boy’s grandmother — who described Baylock as “not a very good mom” — managed to unlock the door a couple of times to give him food and water, the Baytown Sun reported.
baytown police arrested Baylock on October 7. She allegedly told arresting officers that a cylindrical container on her belt loop contained her “baby daddy’s ashes.” However, testing concluded it was crystal meth, according to KTRK.
Baylock is charged with injury to a child and possession of methamphetamine. Her bond was set at $250,000.
Reports indicated that the 11-year-old boy is in foster care.
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