Mom Who Claimed She Mistakenly Placed Infant in Oven, Killing Her, Cops a Plea Deal

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Mariah Thomas, 28, copped a plea deal on Tuesday three years after she was locked up in a Jackson County jail for placing her daughter, Za’Riah Mae, in the oven in February 2024, according to the Daily Mail.

Mariah Thomas

She will serve 11 years in prison.

Cops described the scene inside her Kansas City home as “gruesome” after the helpless infant was found charred and not breathing, according to The Guardian.

Thomas gave police a bizarre excuse, alleging she “was putting her child down for a nap, and accidentally placed the child in the oven instead of the crib,” according to Fox 4.

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