Police: Nurses Find Maggots In Sick Baby's Diaper Infant Tests Positive For Marijuana Exposure
ANDERSON COUNTY, S.C. -- Police say a mother is facing charges after her sick baby was taken to an emergency room where nurses found maggots in the baby's diaper and the 10-month-old tested positive for drug exposure.
According to a Honea Path Police Department report, Michelle Butler, 20, had taken her baby to someone else's apartment, and that person told her to get medical attention for the baby, who appeared to have a fever and was pulling at his ears.The other person, whose name and relationship has not been released, gave the baby Tylenol, and told Butler to call a doctor several times, the report said.The report said that the other person eventually called 911, and the baby was taken to AnMed Health. An officer accompanied the baby to the emergency room and said when nurses removed the baby's diaper, several maggots fell out of it.The baby's blood and urine were tested, and came back positive for exposure to marijuana, the report said.Officers said they checked Butler's home at Shamrock Apartments on East Hampton Avenue, and they located baby food, formula and diapers for the baby, but they said the apartment was very messy and dirty.Butler is charged with unlawful neglect of a child. Butler has been released on bond.She spoke to News 4 on Tuesday and said she plans to do whatever she needs to in order to get her son back.Honea Path Police Chief David King said that it is the second time in a week that a mother living at Shamrock Apartments has been charged with unlawful conduct toward a child.
how do you let that happen(the diaper thing) im so groosed out just thinking about that.
Quoting MIA0223:How is that even possible?
How long was the dirty diaper even on him in order to draw maggots?
I have heard pf people who use cloth diapers forgetting to wash before they go on vacation or something for a week and coming back to maggots, but never on a diaper that was on their child!
Quoting kitty8199:
That was my thought. That diaper had to be on a very long time
Quoting MIA0223:
How is that even possible?
How long was the dirty diaper even on him in order to draw maggots?
I have heard pf people who use cloth diapers forgetting to wash before they go on vacation or something for a week and coming back to maggots, but never on a diaper that was on their child!
How sad
for the child.....I'm glad someone finally had the sense to call 911!!!
OMG!!!! What kind of mother is that maggots and drugs she should be thrown in jail where is child services? what are they doin to protect this innocent child from that whack mother?
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- steveiguana
on Feb. 15, 2012 at 8:57 PM