On April 26th, 2025, watch what happens when officers respond to a frantic call about a 1-year-old child and a tense family confrontation leaves deputies trying to piece together conflicting stories at the scene. Tell me what happened. I don't know. She just called me and told me to come here. AND I GOT HERE AND MY DAUGHTER'S FACE IS SHE WON'T TELL ME WHAT THE [ __ ] HAPPENED. I'M GETTING FURIOUS. One person at a time. Out of nowhere, she She didn't even tell her what was going on. She called her and the baby was crying. She called her. So, what What happened? And we hear a baby in the background. We're like, "What's going on? What's going on?" She's not telling us nothing. So, we're like, "Okay, we're on our way." We get here, she's not opening the door. We She finally opened the door. Her husband, or whatever he is, got a hammer. I'm like, "What do you have a hammer for? We're just trying to check on the baby." They won't let us in the house. They won't let us in there. We see the baby's face is burnt. We're like, "What happened? What happened?" They kicked me out. >> about this residence right here? So, who Who are those people that live Her aunt. But, that doesn't look like her aunt. They won't tell us nothing how she got burnt, nothing. So, The baby was being babysat But, we need to understand what's going on. My daughter was being babysat at her TT's. She literally has not called me. I just called her. Out of the blue to check on my daughter. She's sitting there screaming talking about, "You need to come here now." I get here and my [ __ ] daughter's face is like this. She not explaining to me or nothing. So, she's inside now? Yes. Yes. So, you got a >> for Sir, I'm the mom. This is my daughter. Your daughter is in there, okay. That's the That's her room. EMS is coming around the corner. Please. Thank you. Okay. EMS is made you sit with your daughter. I need to get my daughter some clothes out of here. What's the aunt's name? Your sister's name? Kim. Kim? It's not my sister. Hello. All right. How's it going, sir? Hello. Can we speak to the whoever I'm right here. I'm right here. So, what's going on? I don't know. She paid me like $70. I watched that kid from a newborn all the way up until now. When she used to just drop and drop her off drop her off to everybody. It It's never going to love you, okay? So, she asked me to watch her for 3 days while she going to make her drug trip. Or whatever run her name. You can run mine. I've been watching kids for a whole lot of years. So, how how how did the baby get injured? >> I was giving her a bath, but my shower Come on. Let me show you. You got some clothes in here? Yes, sir. Perfect. Thank you. >> Appreciate you. I was at work. Where were you going? I was at work. I I don't know what happened. You know that. You know what I mean? I was at work. You know that. What's the start of your apartment? What what? I don't know. I was at work. I You're at When did you get home from work? I got home about I get off at 4:00, so I don't get home until like 5:00. Okay. So, I don't know what happened, man. I You know, are you related to anyone? No. Okay. >> here. And she's her aunt, correct? Is my understanding? Okay. But she says she she was giving her baby a bath. I asked I asked what happened. She said water changed water." And it got hot. So, I just actually bathe the baby out there out the bathtub cuz we don't have a We just have a shower. So, like I said, I was at work. I don't I don't quite How did the baby end up that way? Well, how Okay, I gave her a shower. I gave her a bath, but I washed her up cuz I got to run the shower. Through the tub cuz the shower was a run the shower. Okay? So, you the baby got burned in the shower. >> No. No. It's separate. Okay. No. And then I turned the shower on to wash her hair. And it came on hot. And she had it in her face so long. And I turned the hot water cuz the smoke steam and my water gets really, really, really hot. Okay. So, the kid was burned by the hot water. Yes, in the shower. You can come up and see. Okay. And I swear I don't know what it Okay, the baby's eye swelled up. Is that all from burns or the baby's skin? Yes. Yes. And I couldn't get in touch with her mother. I don't I don't I don't quite understand This happened like 2 days ago. Like 2 days ago. Did you leave the baby unattended? Was the baby unattended at all? >> No. Never. Never. So, how And I just like I said, Okay. In order for her to get in the bath, I have to run the shower. Okay? Run the shower to fill the tub. Yeah. Okay. So, I washed her up and everything and I was getting ready to wash her hair. And she had turned her face and she started feeling that little steam start coming out. And the water was like really, really [ __ ] hot. And that baby So, I'll I'll be honest, your story isn't quite making sense to me because if that was the case, you would A, immediately turn the water off and there's no way the burns would get that bad. Or B, you left the baby you left the baby unattended. No, no, I didn't know. I never did that. I never did that. Because to have that severity of a burn, I mean, that's that's that's absolutely ridiculous. Uh no, I'm not going to go up there right now. Let me get your information. When when did this injury happen? Like probably about Wednesday. Wednesday and now You didn't you didn't call for help for that baby. What happened? Well, I I did. But I was trying to call her. But it didn't happen until Saturday. It didn't happen till yesterday. Yes. What what didn't happen yesterday? Did the injuries they didn't show till yesterday? Yeah. Okay, so the bath happened on Wednesday, but then you saw the skin start to We we got to figure out a timeline of events. Okay, listen. I'm trying to tell Today's Saturday, the 27th. I don't know that, but that's who called me. You should call her. She said You should've called for us. The baby's injured. Can you watch her for me for three two or three days? Okay. She charged me $70 while she would do whatever she do. Okay, that's that's fine. We're concerned about how the baby got injured. What day did the injury happen to the baby? Yesterday. Yesterday? About what time? About maybe 1:00 2:00 cuz I even called 2:00 p.m.? I called my cousin yesterday and we just talked for an hour and a I didn't know what else to do. My first response was to You should've been called 911. I didn't think it was that severe. Okay, well You know. I And you called your you called you called your you called your sister first. My cousin. Your cousin. Try to get in touch with her dad or You called her dad you called everybody except for Well, I didn't have a phone called out. But I had You can you can call 911 with even if your phone has no service. Well, that was the first instant. You should've But I didn't want to do that cuz I didn't know if y'all were going to let me ride and I didn't want to take the chance of her getting injured. She was being just thinking about it. I was afraid of that, baby. >> now that you waited it that's To me that that's a bigger issue than But still what you would have had if you would I've been trying to contact her. Contact Contact I even had my son call. I had my cousin call. I had my cousin's daughter call. And never no answer. It looks like it could be sure. Never even >> Let me Let me get out of the chat. Both of them actually the baby's got some ear burns on the face. Like severe I got you. I got you. I want to smash out. I have never put my hands ON MY DAUGHTER. I HAVE NEVER DONE NOTHING, BRO. I'm so messed up. I'll call it out on the mom. If y'all seen your kid like this, wouldn't it make you mad? I'm mad. Like mad as [ __ ] Five. >> My [ __ ] Five. [ __ ] phone or nothing like that. Five. I'm so I'm about to tweet it. >> Come on. Five seven two. My daughter can't even put her child on her face like that. Like bro. All right. Yeah. Look at his jacket. He also got some burns on his back. [ __ ] She got it. I see. She's trying to tell me it was from a bath. A bath? My daughter turns the water on by herself. Okay. And the water would be hot. She has never burned her [ __ ] self like this. That's all. This is not from a Who was watching him? Was it him or the nanny? The girl. Campbell. Okay. So she was watching your child. Yes. Okay. I guess the boyfriend was at work. Okay. She talking about she called the boyfriend. Okay. Why would you not call the mother? >> who is that to you? My aunt. That's your aunt. Okay. >> Yes. And then who's that dude right there? I guess her boyfriend. Have you met him before? >> No. No. Has anybody grabbed any information from you yet? >> No, sir. Okay, we'll we'll start that now, okay? Yes. sir. Ma'am, what's your first name? Okay. Are you going to ride? You're probably going to ride with, okay? Like you told them I did it. I'm really sorry that I scared you. I'm sorry. Come this way, okay? Come this way, dear. We're going to get back here, okay? Okay. This might be one of the So That might be one of the calls. So when was the baby Was the baby burned today? Did that happen today? Do you know if it happened today, yesterday, when it happened, 2 days ago? >> It had to be Friday because when I got off but she's been trying to get in touch with her Okay. >> ever since that happened. She wasn't answering the phone. I'll be honest, your story isn't quite matching She wasn't answering the phone. because the fact that the severity of her burn is not I wasn't here. I don't know. But I I can't say anything to you >> Okay. like I was just explaining to this gentleman Okay. I was at work Okay. So when all this happened. >> Okay. So is that your Is this your wife? Yeah. Okay. So I'm trying to put everything together. So is that your guys's niece? That's her niece. >> That's her niece. All right. All right. All right. And she's been trying to call her ever since that incident happened. Okay. I came off of work. I I stepped into it, too. Okay. Yeah. So I asked her if they wanted a change. Cuz we don't have that You know how you fill the tub up? We don't have that. We just have a shower. A shower. Okay. >> And she was going to give her a bath and wash her hair. So when she adjusted the temperature on it I guess it must have went more hot Okay. when she started doing what she was doing. All right. So you said you were at work? Yeah. Okay. So she said this happened like 2 days ago. What's today, Saturday? Today's Saturday, yeah. So, around, you know, Thursday is what I'm understanding if it was 2 days ago. It probably was. It probably was. All right. All right, can I get your first name? Came over, she finally came over, but she didn't answer the phone. Okay. When her I kept calling. So, is there I guess a reason why you guys never took the baby to the hospital or >> I wasn't here. Okay. I was at work. All right. I just We're just trying to figure out We're just trying to piece everything together, that's all. But I don't I don't even know happened, you know what I mean? Yeah. So, all I know is when they came they got their daughter or whatever. Cuz she kept calling her her niece, but her niece wouldn't answer the phone. Today she called, she like, "Okay, I need you to get over here now." She And her niece was going, "Well, I got to make a run. I got to make a run." She said, "No, you need to get over here now." Wasn't that Wednesday? So, What? When she dropped I It was I don't know. >> Yeah, yeah. Cuz she dropped her taking the first time. But usually, you know, I like I'm racing over there. I've been watching ever since she was over there. When she was getting passed around here I don't She parked in the parking lot. I'm going to tell you to figure it out. Try to get the baby the medical treatment she needs. That's that's the goal. Yeah, it was just an accident, you know, from what I see it was just an accident, you know, the water changed, you know? Stand up. You can't cuz I told you to stand up. You're being detained. Stand up. Put your hands behind your back. What's that? Cuz I don't know what I'm doing that for. It's going to be all right. I don't know, man. It's just an accident. All right, dear, we're going to walk out to Can you call my husband, please? Yeah. Because I couldn't get in touch with her. I called them. She probably going to say who knows. Of course she should have been in an ambulance, ma'am. But >> That's what I did. I really did. You didn't do the right thing. >> But it Well, it was just a day, like You got to give her some milk. It was just a day. That's all That's why I mean, we're going to have you step in the car. Oh. Yeah, you got some American That's up to you guys. Hey, we'll we'll figure that out. Yeah, we ain't going to anywhere right this second. Yeah, uh we're going to step down here. Okay, let me sit here because I have to go home. No, we're actually going to go sit in the back of the car. All right. Stop pulling away. All right. You got anything on you that I need to know about? Nope. Okay. Well, all righty, officer. Let me go call my husband. Let me go. All right, I'm going to read you something real quick. All right. Call next. Look at my phone book. Pay attention, ma'am. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can be used to make any statements. Do you understand your rights? Yes. All right, we'll be right back with you, ma'am. Uh so, we're we're trying to figure we're trying to figure everything out right now. Cuz that's not about the That's So, See the bruises on her eye and everything like That's torture. Her eye is swollen. That's like You know any person that would walk into that robbery would have did way worse. Like, we would just They would try to lock Bree in the house. You know what I'm saying? That's the only reason why Sorry, are you Are you all family, too? >> Yeah, I'm her cousin. I think they was like they got baby, but like at the end of the day, like we're family at the end of the day. We be around Lay. We You know what I'm saying? That's just So, yeah, that's obviously the baby's going to go down and get medical attention immediately. >> Um right now, we're still figuring everything out. Um we're going to have um some juvenile detectives come out and respond. Um and then they'll probably take over the investigation from there. Okay. Okay. Um Did the Did mom go down with the baby? Yes, I'm about to go down there now. What's going on with With her? Um >> She's probably going to go to jail. Um Yeah. We are That was intentional. I'm sorry, but there's no way. There's no way. She can't even reach a stove. She's one. Like, come on. I have a baby. Nothing like that would happen. You know? That's just like I have a whole bunch of Nothing like that. This is some This is some like like some TV This is Like that's just going to be on the news. Like People just don't do this every day. Like they just be on some weird You know, weird [ __ ] Like I'm I'm not going to mean to use vulgar language, but it's just You got any questions? Wait. I wrote down my number. Like she lucky. She just lucky. I just knew that I knew better. Cuz at the end of the day, I am a professional. I'm allowed out my city. Yeah, I'm just I'm not going to get in trouble. You know, you know, like Yeah. I'm smarter than We um But I would definitely if I had to, like that's just I'm shaking right now. No, I understand. Um we just I mean, we don't want anybody to do anything that's going to get them in trouble. You know what I mean? No. And uh but right now The child came pretty quickly, so Yeah. And uh right now we're obviously baby's going to the hospital to get treatment, and we're going to have some detectives come out here right now to uh respond to the scene. So, uh we're going to go work this out. I'm going to go talk to these guys, and we'll go from there, all right? Okay. I tried to explain to all of them. I was at What? I don't know what happened. Mhm. And they got you. >> three girls come over here talking about what the [ __ ] y'all do. What do you mean what I do? I'm at work. Did she say anything about Yeah. something happening? >> her cousin who was here. Yeah. And uh Tell me to check the water temperature. Cuz our water it fluctuate. Mhm. You know what I mean? You get it at that certain temperature. And if you are up in the under the shower, it will generally get hot while you under there. Then you got to get up out of there. So, it flexed on you. Yeah. She didn't She didn't think to call or take her down to the the hospital? I mean, that's pretty substantial enough where it's pretty swelled up. >> That's That's why she's detained right now. Like it was I I understand everything because what y'all asked me, I was thinking the same whatever. I don't I don't know. I just don't know. Did you see the kid this way when you got home yesterday from work? When I got home from work yesterday, yeah. All right. You saw the kid like that? Yeah. Without asking? I called 911. You didn't think to called paramedics >> 911 Huh? I said you didn't think to call paramedics or anything either. >> I was stunned. You know what I mean? But wouldn't your first instinct be to hey, that this kid needs proper help? Well, I said something to her and she said she had called the hospital or whatever. They had told her what to do. So, I you know When I woke up this morning I mean, you put your cigarette out? I wasn't smoking. Okay, is it out? Okay. You set that stuff right there. Okay. Can I let my dog No, you're not. Can you stand up for me? All right, then. But I Put your hands on top of your head. You're being detained until we figure everything out. Yeah, I didn't do it. I wasn't in here. I was at work. All right. I tried to cooperate with Right now, you're just being detained until Okay, sir. Cuz I I wasn't here. I was at work. >> right now right now you're not being formally charged until we do more investigating, but But can I ask you a question? How can I be charged when I wasn't here? I was at work. So, again, I didn't do anything. I was Yeah, so right right now you're just being detained until we can confirm that. >> no problem with that. That's Right here. Put this one back. Where is it at? Right here. It's back. I mean, All right, man. We're going to go down here and we're going to sit in one of these cars. I hope y'all let Real quick, ma'am, you in I put you back in here. Do you got anything on you that's going to poke, stick, or stab me? Oh, no. Okay, let me spread your feet real quick. All right, appreciate it. Okay, man. I'll have a seat here. >> have a seat in there. I'll wait right here. Uh is there anything That's the stuff right here. I just want to let you know that. Okay, just have a seat. I'll let him know. He's good. Just have a seat. I'll let him know. He's good. Hey, are we holding out here? Huh? Are we holding out here? What are we doing? Uh yeah, we haven't went in. We probably just wait for the detectives. I would say wait. All right. I think We're going to wait now, you guys. Yeah, right now we're in the preliminary stages of this. Okay, we're going to get these cuffs off. Uh how do you I'll have to step out just a second, and then uh what we're going to do is we're going to take you down to the station. Cuz I just need you to be interviewed. That's all we're going to be doing. >> are going to interview you. Uh but you've been super cool. You've been cooperative. We're going to take your cuffs off so you can let the dog in the man and and do what you got to do, walk up and all that. But now, how am I going to get back though? Huh? You'll figure that out. I mean, we we can figure that out. We can come drop you back off at the station. I appreciate it. Cuz that I appreciate it. I don't know. I was at work. Yeah, I got you. You just need to just step out and face away from me and I'll get those handcuffs off you. All right. Perfect. >> [laughter] >> Cuz all this stuff that me and stuff that I don't, you know. Okay. Uh We went in the house. We searched the house. I'm not going to hold you up any longer by calling out seeing if she was home and all of that. But I'm asking Did you sign that saying that you gave us permission to go in the house? She gave us permission as well to go in the house. Now she's trying to call and won't sign it for us. That's That's full disclosure. I mean >> Right. And And the thing is, it's on body worn camera that she gave it to us. Right. This here just puts it in writing. If she If she don't sign it though. If you don't want If you don't want to do that, then that's that's that's fine. But because those are her kids. This ain't got nothing to do with her kids. It's got everything to do with her. Oh, going in the house? Going in the house. Yes, sir. Okay. So, nobody can say >> But, then nobody asked me from the start to go in the house. I seen y'all coming in to go in the house. So, I have to get She said it on BWC and so did she. You both gave us permission to go in there. Yeah, she said you she said you can go ahead and go ahead and look upstairs and look at the shower. >> It's on body worn cam. She told me she said you >> I'd like to see that because I didn't say anything. Oh my god. All right. I didn't say that part, but I don't have a problem with going in, but I don't like to be accused of saying what I said and I know I didn't. This here is But, I'd like to see the body cam, though. This here this here is from the neighbors. Okay. Okay. Yeah, we can make that happen, man. Y'all sure? Cuz I know I got paperwork. >> [laughter] >> Oh, no. We'll make it happen. >> You're good, man. Okay. All right. What kind of what kind of dog is that there? Uh Pitbull Uh friendly? Okay. Crazy. Told my um basically door if y'all seen it we out of there. Is it not friendly the uh her No, the dog She said it was nice. Trying to get me bit. Well, I'm I'm glad that we didn't try to get it then cuz he said it was nice. Okay. I want to do something with that dog sometime. Yeah. But, I but I can't because I bought it for him. Yeah. She he sold All right, baby. Yeah, man. I'm cool. I'm straight. All right, just because you went inside I just got to pat you down one more time before I put you back here. So, put your hands on top of your head for me. Thank you. Yeah, well, All right, you're good, man. We'll get you down there. You can get you talking to the detective. Okay. Get you on your way. All right. All right. Yep. Appreciate it. But, y'all is going to bring me back, right? Yeah, yeah. Y'all ain't going to leave me walking, is No, no. I got to It's too cold for this. All right. You good? Yeah, I'm good. >> Got it. All right. Got it. I got it. I got it. You ready? Go. Take this jacket off. I'll be right with you, okay? Uh can you just come out for a second? So I'll be honest, I don't know if Here. Uh don't shut the door yet. The camera's not on. Uh it's hard to Oh. All right, we're done. See, I put my shoes on. I'll step up there. >> You know? Yeah. Oh. You good? All right. Yeah, I'm good. All right. We'll have to go up these stairs back to the doorway. Oh, I'm going to go through the store. It's a little bit of a maze. Yeah, it is. Yeah, I thought it would sit back there. Sorry. Yeah, I was do we want to do? We'll do this one? That's fine. That works. We'll get you a sock. You want me to shut this door? Um all right, this is room three. Yeah. I'll go right in the room in room three. Okay. All right, I'm going to shut this, all right? Okay, no problem. Uh we got to take your shoes off, your belt off, and then take everything out of your pockets. Just our standard procedure for for holding you in here. Uh someone will be in shortly. Okay, if you need anything, uh just give us a shout. Um we got a camera going. We'll get the uh Okay. All right, appreciate it. Thanks. Is this a sock? Yeah. Following further investigation into the incident, the female was found guilty and charged with child neglect before being taken to the county jail, while the male was released despite not immediately calling for medical attention, which resulted in the child suffering severe injuries.