Parents Put Their Tiny Baby Inside Microwave, The Baby Suffered Horrific Burns

Parents have been accused of putting their tiny baby in a microwave oven, causing him horrific burns.

Derick Boyce-Slezak and wife Mikala, both 22, were charged with felony abuse or neglect of a child by police in Missouri, USA, on Tuesday.

The couple were arrested after taking the little boy, who is younger than four months old, to hospital with a rash on his face.


Daily Mirror reports that, doctors discovered the 'rash' was actually a second-degree burn and further tests revealed the child had a skull fracture and a brain injury.

Court documents, seen by The St Louis Post Dispatch, accuse the Boyce-Slezaks of dropping their baby while trying to imitate a TV commercial and zapping him in a microwave.

The parents told doctors the burns were caused by cleaning chemicals, because of the horrific nature of the allegations, both are being held in custody at St Francois County Jail on $500,000 (£370,000) bail each.