Texas Mother Charged after Putting Child in Oven

A Texas woman has been charged after allegedly putting her 2-year-old daughter in the oven. 

The Somervell County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that deputies were called late Thursday to a home because a child had burns. 

The sheriff’s office says witnesses told deputies upon arrival arrival that 35-year-old Tasha Hatcher said she put her child in the oven. 

Hatcher has been charged with injury to a child with serious bodily injury and was arraigned on Saturday. 

Bond was set at $300,000. 

Texas Child Protective Services spokeswoman Marissa Gonzales says the child has been taken into their custody and will be placed in foster care once she is released from the hospital.