Man blames toddler for burning herself with scalding hot water after leaving her alone in bathtub, then refuses to take her to hospital or tell her mom: Police

A Texas antheral blamed a toddler helium was watching for getting burned by scalding blistery h2o aft leaving her unsupervised successful a bathtub and refusing to instrumentality her to the infirmary — telling constabulary helium "feared getting successful trouble," cops say.

Bobby Fisher, 36, is charged with wounded to a child for the November 2025 incident, which landed him down bars this week successful McLennan County, according to section CBS affiliate KWTX.

Waco constabulary arrested Fisher connected Wednesday aft an probe recovered that helium allegedly did not instrumentality the kid to the infirmary oregon archer her parent what happened for 4 days.

"[The child's] tegument was falling disconnected onto the washcloth," constabulary wrote successful Fisher's apprehension warrant, per KWTX. "[Fisher] told the [detective] helium thought astir taking the miss to the infirmary aft the pain occurred but feared getting successful occupation for the pain truthful helium did not instrumentality her," the warrant states.

Police archetypal made interaction with Fisher connected Dec. 22, weeks aft the unfortunate complained to different kid surviving successful the household with Fisher and the girl's parent that her buttocks hurt. The younker told their ma and the pistillate recovered "bloody and pink" wounds connected the unfortunate that prompted her to instrumentality the kid to a section aesculapian center.

Police accidental the kid suffered third-degree burns with "significant tegument removal," according to KWTX. Asked astir what happened, the miss told investigators, "Mr. Fisher wounded her butt successful the bathroom," per the apprehension warrant.

Fisher allegedly claimed during constabulary interviews that helium was grabbing a diaper and the miss turned the blistery h2o connected herself. Cops accidental helium admitted to leaving her unsupervised but said the h2o was not connected erstwhile helium near the bathroom.

When helium returned, Fisher said helium saw "steam coming from the h2o … but did not cheque the h2o somesthesia oregon the [girl]," according to the apprehension warrant. Fisher claimed helium turned the ablution connected and began washing the girl, which is erstwhile her tegument began "falling off," the warrant says.

Fisher was allegedly surviving with the victim's parent astatine the clip of the incident. He was being held Wednesday connected a $10,000 bond.