Mom who ‘killed 8-month-old baby in scalding water over dirty diaper' posted chilling pic of son in bath just days after
DISTURBING details have been revealed about a mom accused of killing her baby because he had a dirty diaper.
Jatoria Renae Cleamons, 21, posted pictures and videos of her eight-month-old son playing in the bath days after she allegedly killed him.
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Cleamons is accused of murdering her baby earlier this year by putting him in scalding hot water.
Eleven days after his death, Cleamons posted multiple pictures and videos of the adorable baby boy, whose name hasn't been released, in a memorial montage on her Facebook account.
The post included pictures of her son as a newborn in the hospital, as well as pictures of him in a diaper and in the bath.
She shared a video of the boy smiling and splashing in his baby bath.
"Rest in love my baby," Cleamons wrote in the tribute on February 15.
"I love you so much and I miss you so much my heart is so broken.
"I will always think about you Rest in heaven my love."
Police issued a warrant for Cleamons' arrest and charged her with injury to a child and manslaughter on June 13.
The arrest warrants were obtained months after cops were dispatched to a home in Hooks, Texas, 13 miles west of Texarkana, on February 4.
First responders performed CPR on Cleamons' baby at the scene but were unable to revive him.
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Cleamons admitted to investigators that she put her son in scalding hot water while bathing him two weeks earlier.
The mom said she did it because she was frustrated that he had a dirty diaper.
The hot water caused severe injuries to the baby boy's skin.
He died from his burns, according to his autopsy.
Timeline of Jatoria Renae Cleamons' case
Jatoria Renae Cleamons, 21, has been accused of killing her baby in the bath because he had a dirty diaper.
Below is a rough timeline of events:
Around January 21 - Cleamons allegedly gave a scalding hot bath to her eight-month-old son at her home in Texarkana, Texas, after she was frustrated because of his dirty diaper.
February 4 - Police are called to a home in Hooks, Texas, where they perform CPR on Cleamons' son and pronounce him dead. His body is sent off for an autopsy and Cleamons tells investigators about the bath.
June 13 - Hooks Police Department obtains warrants for Cleamons' arrest.
June 16 - Cleamons is still on the loose.
Cleamons was staying with a relative when the baby died.
It's unclear why the Hooks Police Department waited months to obtain arrest warrants for Cleamons.
As of Monday, Cleamons still hadn't been arrested, cops told the Texarkana Gazette.
She's still on the loose, despite baseless social media posts claiming she was arrested on June 14.
Cops have asked the public for help looking out for Cleamons.
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