Carrollton woman arrested after police say she put 3-year-old in scalding bathwater

A Carrollton woman faces a criminal charge after a young child in her care suffered severe burns.

A’Ebonee Atesha-Maria Odom
A’Ebonee Atesha-Maria Odom(Carrollton Police Department)
Police arrested A’Ebonee Atesha-Maria Odom, 29, on Tuesday on one count of injury to a child, a first-degree felony.

Odom was taking care of her boyfriend’s 3-year-old daughter the night of Dec. 16 at her apartment in the 2700 block of East Trinity Mills Road, according to police.

Police said she put the girl, now 4, in scalding bathwater. The child is still recovering from second-degree burns caused by the incident, police said.

It was unclear whether Odom had an attorney.