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A Texas mother faces charges Authorities said they found her 11-year-old son living there bad conditions And suffering from malnutrition.
Rachel Blaylock, 41, was arrested on October 8 after a Baytown Police Department officer responded to a welfare check and found her 11-year-old son had dried feces all over his body, including on his arms, face and hands. Harris County Court documents obtained by Fox 26 Houston.
The officer reported that the smell in the house, which was also covered in dried feces, was so bad that he “almost vomited.”
Blaylock’s 11-year-old son has autism and is non-verbal, Fox 26 Houston reports. Medical records included in court documents show his teeth were also deteriorating due to malnutrition and neglect.
He also weighed just 46 pounds, records said, while the average boy his age weighed 88 pounds.
When the officer said the 11-year-old needed to be taken to the hospital, Blaylock allegedly responded: “I can’t drop whatever I’m doing and take him to the hospital just so a quack doctor can say, ‘Oh, I don’t know what’s wrong with him,’ so we can see another one.”
Blaylock has been charged with serious bodily injury to a child. According to public court records, his bond was set at $250,000, and his next court appearance is scheduled for Nov. 18.
According to documents obtained by Fox 26 Houston, Blaylock told a Baytown police officer that her son had trouble using the bathroom and would rather use it in his room. Documents say Blaylock removed the door to her bedroom and installed a screen door — which she kept closed — so she could keep an eye on her son.
The officer reported seeing fecal matter around the bedroom and on the screen door. Court records also described the mattress as “filthy.”
The officer also reportedly spoke to the child’s grandmother, who said the boy did not bathe regularly and never went to school because he was not potty-trained and often took off his clothes.
The grandmother allegedly told the officer she couldn’t usually open the screen door, so she couldn’t bring him food during the day, documents state. She also said Blaylock was “not a good mother,” court documents say.
Independent Blaylock’s attorney, the Baytown Police Department and the Harris County District Attorney’s Office have been contacted for comment.