Baby found wearing diaper full of trash and bugs, leading to the most horrific rash DCS workers 'have ever seen' as mom and grandma blame cheap, generic brand: Police

An Indiana ma and grandma are facing charges for allegedly neglecting a 1-year-old baby to the constituent wherever the youngster had a diaper rash that Department of Child Services workers picture arsenic the worst "they person ever seen."

Jasmine Duff, 34, and Shara Stevens, 52, fto the babe deterioration a diaper with trash and bugs recovered wrong it, according to tribunal documents obtained by section Fox affiliate WXIN.

The 2 women are each facing a preliminary complaint of neglect of a dependent, which is simply a Level 5 felony, WXIN reports. They are being held successful the Delaware County Sheriff's Office Jail, according to online records.

Authorities responded to a location connected the 1700 artifact of East Princeton Avenue successful Muncie connected Friday aft receiving a study astir the child and their surviving conditions.

Officers with the Muncie Police Department were dispatched soon earlier 1:45 p.m. to assistance with a Department of Child Services investigation. When they arrived, officers located Stevens and the 1-year-old kid wrong the residence.

According to the tribunal documents obtained by WXIN, DCS workers examined the kid and recovered an intensely reddish diaper rash. The documents accidental the workers described the rash arsenic "the wors[t] they person ever seen."

Investigators questioned some Duff and Stevens astir the child's condition. According to the tribunal documents, the 2 women said the rash had been contiguous for astir 1 week. They reportedly claimed they believed the wounded had been caused by the usage of generic diapers and the prime of the diapers.

Authorities determined determination was capable grounds to apprehension some women, and they were taken into custody by the Muncie Police Department connected allegations of neglect.

Court records bespeak the women's bonds were acceptable astatine $5,000 with a 10% currency provision. They were inactive locked up arsenic of Monday, and accusation astir aboriginal tribunal appearances was not instantly available.