Texas police arrested a woman on Wednesday, weeks after her 3-month-old son died with reported injuries that suggest he was abused.
The Waco Herald-Tribune reported that Amir Cosby died two days after he was hospitalized on September 21 for 16 bone fractures, brain swelling, a blood infection, and severe malnourishment. Police interviewed a family member who allegedly accused the baby’s sole caretaker, Margaret Cosby, 33, neglect and abuse her son.
An investigation revealed that Child Protective Services already had an open investigation into Margaret Cosby, and the agency had an implemented safety plan that involved her having supervised care of her children.
The day the infant was admitted to the hospital, CPS removed him and another of his siblings from their mother’s care for repeated instances of abuse and neglect. The agency issued an order to terminate her parental rights a day before her son died on September 23.
According to the Waco Herald-Tribune, Margaret Cosby tested positive for opiates and PCP a day after her deceased son’s birth. She allegedly also tested positive for opiates after giving birth to another baby last year.
Margaret Cosby allegedly never took her 3-month-old son to a doctor or hospital. KWTX reported that she also did not finish a court-ordered substance abuse treatment program.
Margaret Cosby, who is charged with injury to a child, remains jailed on a $1 million bond. An autopsy to determine her son’s cause of death is pending.
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[Featured image: Margaret Cosby/McLennan County Jail]
