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Teen confesses to scalding youngster A 14-year-old juvenile has reportedly confessed to intentionally burning a 3-year-old child he was baby-sitting according to Jackson Police Chief Charles Burge. Last week Burge reported that Officer Carey Slayton and Inv. Richard Harvey had been investigating an incident in which the child was burned in a tub of scalding water, Feb. 28. Police were notified of the incident by Jackson Medical Center (JMC) staff around 10:32 a.m. The child, who received third-degree burns, was treated at JMC, then flown by helicopter to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Hospital's burn center. The doctor treating the child indicated that the burn patterns on the child's feet and ankles indicated possible abuse. Monday, Burge said after talking with the doctor a second time, more information was developed which led them to believe the burns were intentional. The teenager was taken into custody March 9 and interviewed by Officer Slayton and Inv. Harvey. "The juvenile confessed at that time," said Burge. "He stated that he became upset with the child because she had soiled herself." The teen is charged with first degree assault.
"Officer Slayton is to be commended for his investigation of this incident," said Chief Burge. "He did a lot of leg work and continued to work on the case on his off days in an effort to resolve it."
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