Texas mom arrested after 'unnecessary medical procedures' performed on 3-year-old: police
A Texas mother is facing child abuse charges after authorities said she subjected her 3-year-old child to "multiple unnecessary" medical procedures.
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A Texas mother is facing child abuse charges after authorities said she subjected her 3-year-old child to "multiple unnecessary" medical procedures.
Authorities suspect a case of "Munchausen by Proxy," a syndrome in which a caregiver, often the mother, fabricates or induces symptoms in a child to portray them as sick.
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Jessica Gasser, 27, allegedly had multiple “unnecessary medical procedures” performed on her child for an “unknown amount of time," authorities in Texas claimed.
Jessica Gasser was arrested in Rusk County after an investigation into whether she subjected her 3-year old to unnecessary medical procedures.