LAKE STEVENS (AP) — A prosecutor says a nurse who examined a cold, dirty 10-month-old Washington boy pulled from a filthy home felt the baby would have died within a day if he hadn’t been rescued.
In court papers filed Friday, Snohomish County Deputy Prosecutor Katie Wetmore said the forensic nurse based her assessment on the baby’s severe hypothermia. He was also reportedly on the verge of kidney failure.
The infant and two siblings, ages 7 and 3, were found alone Jan. 31 in a filthy Lake Stevens house. They are in protective custody. Prosecutors say the boy has gained two pounds in two weeks.
Prosecutors charged the children’s mother, Amanda Foley, with multiple crimes Friday, including child abandonment and criminal mistreatment. Her boyfriend also faces charges in the case.
Foley reportedly told detectives she left the children in a neighbor’s care to buy food. Detectives interviewed a neighbor who denied having been asked to babysit.
