Missouri Father Charged after 3-year-old Fell to Death from Window; Dad’s Girlfriend also Charged
KANSAS CITY, MO- A tragic incident occurred in Missouri where a 3-year-old child lost their life after falling from the eighth-floor window of their apartment building.
The authorities have arrested the child’s parents, a 30-year-old father and a 28-year-old mother, in connection with this heartbreaking incident. Moses Lee Bass and Destiny Leeann Randle were apprehended on Monday and face charges of first-degree felony endangering the welfare of a child, as announced by authorities.
Court documents reveal that officers from the Independence, Missouri Police Department swiftly responded to a distress call concerning a young individual in need of medical aid at the Independence Towers on N. Jennings Road. The incident took place on Monday morning at 10:06 a.m. A concerned individual contacted emergency services to report an incident where a baby seemed to have fallen from a higher floor of their apartment building to the ground below.
Upon arrival, emergency personnel discovered the child and immediately initiated life-saving procedures. A young child was found unclothed, with a diaper nearby and various toys strewn across the pavement.
A tragic incident occurred as the victim was transported to a hospital, where he unfortunately passed away in the early afternoon.
Police reached out to Bass, who explained that he had stepped out of the apartment around 10 a.m. to take the dog for a walk. While talking to the building manager, he noticed the presence of emergency medical personnel and firetrucks. Upon noticing that a child was being attended to, he promptly contacted Randle, who was upstairs with the other three children, and instructed her to go and assess the situation.
The parents later clarified that they intended to secure the window track by placing a blue pole in it to prevent it from sliding open.
Randle reportedly informed the authorities that one of the other three children confessed to opening the window while they were left unsupervised in the room.
Officials described the state of the residence as extremely unsanitary, with garbage scattered throughout.
A witness who contacted the authorities reported a recurring sight of children’s toys falling past her window from above, indicating that they were in the path of the apartment where the victim fell. According to her, the toys falling past her window have been occurring quite frequently for approximately eight months.
Source: Law&Crime
