A Missouri mom will spend more than a decade in prison after she told police she accidentally placed her 1-month-old baby in a hot oven and mistook it for her daughter’s crib.. A judge in Jackson County sentenced Mariah Thomas to serve 13 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections on Tuesday, September 22, for endangering the welfare of a child resulting in death, according to online court records viewed by Us. Thomas, 28, was sentenced after she pleaded guilty to the charge in connection with the death of her daughter, Za’Riah Mae, in February 2024. As part of her ple...