A grandmother and godmother were both arrested in Oklahoma the leg of a baby they were supposed to be watching was so badly burned that his leg had to be removed.
Cordette and Breanna Cole were arrested on child abuse and child neglect charges.
The 11-month old baby was taken into OU Children’s Hospital for breathing problems but when doctors examined the child, they discovered the boy had severe burns from above his belly button down to his feet.
Furthermore, the pair had waited more than two weeks to take the child to the hospital by which time the baby’s leg could no longer be saved.
Cordette, left, and Breanna Cole, right, were arrested on child abuse and neglect charges
The grandmother and godmother were looking after the baby because the child’s mother was already preoccupied looking after a different child
An affidavit also revealed that the boy had bruises on his head and neck, a tooth had been knocked out and he had a subdural hematoma – bleeding on the brain.
Sadly the burns on the baby’s leg were so bad that it had to be amputated.
Captain Bo Matthews from the Oklahoma City Police Department said that if the women had brought the child in earlier, the boy’s leg could have been saved
Oklahoma City Police Department investigators learned that the pair were supposed to be looking after the baby while his mother took care of her other sick child.
The women explained to police that the baby accidentally pulled a teapot with boiling water on top of himself when he was having a seizure on December 10.
Breanna Cole told the detective they tried to treat the wounds themselves, even after his skin was lifting off of him.
Two weeks later, on December 25, she said she brought the baby into the hospital with breathing problems.
Police spoke with doctors in an attempt to get a clearer picture of the situation but more discrepancies appeared to be and couldn’t be true.
According to the affidavit, when these were pointed out, Breanna Cole kept changing her story.
A doctor told investigators that if the baby had ‘received proper medical treatment immediately, he would have not had to have his leg amputated.’
The two women were booked with $1million bond each.