cappie Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 A teenage father has been indicted in Texas on charges he burned his 2-month-old daughter in a hotel microwave oven, a prosecutor said today. Joshua Mauldin, 19, who was visiting Galveston, Texas, from Arkansas with family members, was indicted by a grand jury on one charge of felony injury to a child, said Assistant District Attorney Xochitl Vandiver. The charge carries a prison sentence of five to 99 years, Vandiver said. Mauldin was being held in the county jail in Galveston, on $US250,000 ($A303,560) bond, a jail spokesman said. The baby girl was hospitalised with burns on her face and one hand, according to television and newspaper reports. "Her injuries are pretty significant," said Vandiver, who prosecutes child-abuse charges. She called the case, "unusual and horrific. I've never seen anything like it". Mauldin initially told police the baby was burned when he stumbled and spilled hot water on her, according to the Houston Chronicle. Later, he said he placed the baby into the microwave oven because he was under stress, the newspaper said. REUTERS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1337 k4th0l1x0r Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 See, microwave ovens DON'T cook from the inside out. The burns were on the surface. That said, it's a very sick thing to do to someone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prose Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 When I saw the title of this thread, I thought you were talking about a priest! That poor little girl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piccoli Fiori JMJ Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 I can't imagine how one could do that or how it is even possible to do! Poor little girl... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 UNDER STRESS!??!!!??!?!?! What the heck was he trying to accomplish? Here's a tip... if they baby won't stop crying... just put her in the crib, lock yourself in the bathroom and take a shower.... a 2-month-old will not be harmed if she cries herself to sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG45 Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 ...that is utterly wretched... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest T-Bone Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 [quote name='homeschoolmom' post='1276067' date='May 17 2007, 05:15 PM'] UNDER STRESS!??!!!??!?!?! What the heck was he trying to accomplish? Here's a tip... if they baby won't stop crying... just put her in the crib, lock yourself in the bathroom and take a shower.... a 2-month-old will not be harmed if she cries herself to sleep.[/quote] I hear prison is nice and relaxing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cappie Posted May 21, 2007 Author Share Posted May 21, 2007 An American woman says she blames the devil and not her husband for severely burning their infant daughter after the two-month-old was put in a microwave. Eva Marie Mauldin said Satan compelled her 19-year-old husband, Joshua Royce Mauldin, to microwave their daughter on May 10 because the devil disapproved of Joshua's efforts to become a preacher. "Satan saw my husband as a threat. Satan attacked him because he saw (Joshua) as a threat," Eva Mauldin told Houston television station KHOU-TV. A Galveston County grand jury indicted Joshua Mauldin last week on child injury charges after hearing evidence that he placed his daughter in a motel microwave for 10 to 20 seconds. The infant, Ana Marie, remains hospitalised. She suffered burns on the left side of her face and to her left hand, police said. Eva Marie Mauldin, the girl's 20-year-old mother, told the television station that her husband is "not the monster people are making him out to be". "That was not my husband; my husband is a wonderful father," she said. "Satan was working through his weaknesses." Eva Mauldin described those weaknesses as an undisclosed mental disability, and that her efforts to get help for him have failed. Police said Joshua Mauldin told them he put Ana Marie in the microwave because he was under stress. The family had moved to Galveston the day before. Eva Mauldin, who met her husband in an Arkansas church, denied those claims by police. "He would never do anything to hurt her. He loves her," she said. "When she cries he is the one who comforts her. When she is sick, he is the one that takes her to the doctor." Joshua Mauldin, of Arkansas, came to Galveston with his wife and mother because he was called to be a preacher, his wife said. While Joshua Mauldin's mother has returned to Arkansas, Eva Mauldin remains in Galveston. She is hoping to be reunited with her daughter, but Child Protective Services is working to have her and Joshua Mauldin's parental rights severed. A custody hearing for the infant is scheduled for later this week in a Galveston district court. Joshua Mauldin faces a charge of injury to a child causing serious bodily harm, which carries a possible prison term of five to 99 years, as well as a fine of up to $10,000. Eva Mauldin has set up a MySpace page, "Joshua Mauldin is not a Monster" in hopes of defending her husband and making pleas for people to help her. AP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prose Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 (edited) Wow. I looked, but I couldn't find the myspace Edited May 21, 2007 by prose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sojourner Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 That is one of the most disturbing stories I've ever read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust's Sister Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 [quote name='prose' post='1276037' date='May 17 2007, 06:49 PM']When I saw the title of this thread, I thought you were talking about a priest! That poor little girl. [/quote] same here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 Weird... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReinnieR Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 [url="http://forum.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=messageboard.viewThread&entryID=35367274&groupID=106060870&adTopicID=11&Mytoken=D3523A6D-E873-4B8D-B1BD5F9ABDCAD67F94175306"]http://forum.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseact...DCAD67F94175306[/url] you can talk to the mother yourself, in this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReinnieR Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 [url="http://www.myspace.com/evamarie86"]http://www.myspace.com/evamarie86[/url] her myspace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReinnieR Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 [quote name='ReinnieR' post='1278649' date='May 21 2007, 03:17 PM'][url="http://forum.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=messageboard.viewThread&entryID=35367274&groupID=106060870&adTopicID=11&Mytoken=D3523A6D-E873-4B8D-B1BD5F9ABDCAD67F94175306"]http://forum.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseact...DCAD67F94175306[/url] you can talk to the mother yourself, in this forum.[/quote] i guess she ignored that thread. people are extremely mean to her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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