Parents 'put tiny baby boy in the microwave' causing him horrific second-degree burns
Derick Boyce-Slezak and wife Mikala have been charged with felony abuse or neglect of a child Mikala Boyce-Slezak has appeared in court Two 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. 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. Derick Boyce-Slezak also faces charges The parents told doctors the burns were caused by cleaning chemicals. During a court hearing on Monday, Mikala invoked her right...