Charges Dropped: Mom Listens To Baby Scream In Burning RV Until He Falls Silent....

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From December 21, 2023

The Cleburne County Sheriff’s Office announced first-degree child endangerment charges against 34-year-old Diana Welch following the Nov. 20 incident in Tumbling Shoals.

Welch told authorities she was sleeping in the RV and woke to the screams of one of her infant twins, Allen Davis Jr., according to an affidavit. She then saw the living quarters of the RV on fire.

She said she heard her child screaming, but she “did not search for him due to not having her glasses on,” a detective said in his report.

Welch grabbed Allen’s twin, who was on the bed where she had been sleeping, authorities said. She crawled out of the RV through its back hatch and sat the child down outside.

The sheriff’s office said Welch tried to open the driver’s side door of the RV, but it was locked.

“Welch stated she then crawled back through the window and went to the area of the fire again and listened to Davis Jr. scream while watching the fire until she could no longer hear him scream,” a detective said.

First responders found the RV “engulfed in flames,” and the “burned remains” of the baby were ultimately discovered beside the front passenger tire, authorities said in the affidavit.

Despite Welch saying she was unable to search for the baby because she was not wearing her glasses, a detective noted she was “texting on her phone and signed her name without hesitation although she had no glasses on.”

Mom listens to baby scream in burning RV until he falls silent, Arkansas cops say

She said she heard her child screaming, but she “did not search for him due to not having her glasses on.”

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Updated: Oct. 31, 2024

Charges have been dropped against a Cleburne County woman accused in the death of her baby in an RV fire.

On Oct. 30, 16th Judicial Circuit Judge Tim Weaver signed a nolle pros order in the case against Diana Elaine Welch of Tumbling Shoals.

Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Daniel Haney, who filed the motion, cited a “sufficiency issue of evidence” as the reason for the case to be nolle prosed.

On Nov. 20, Deputy Jacob Carr responded to a camper fire on Huston Road.

When he arrived, according to the affidavit, he heard a woman screaming, “My baby is still in the camper.”

The court documents stated the camper was engulfed in flames from the engine compartment to the front door.

Deputy Carr got an axe from his patrol unit and broke the camper’s back window to try and locate the child.

At this time, Hunter Hamilton reportedly arrived on the scene and began spraying water through the broken window.

As Carr searched for the infant in the back bedroom, Welch said the child was “asleep on the couch.”

“[Carr] and Hamilton then moved to the side of the camper where they attempted to grab the couch frame with the axe and pull it out to recover the body,” the court documents stated. “When getting the frame out, nobody was found.”

A short time later, Detective Justin Oliver arrived on the scene. He said the RV was fully engulfed in flames.

“As the fire was suppressed, I observed the area around the RV,” he stated in the affidavit. “Besides the front passenger tire, I located the severely burned remains of Allen Davis, Jr.”

Clothing found around the baby’s neck and pieces of the charred RV were sent to the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory for testing.

On Nov. 28, Welch agreed to a Mirandized interview.

“Welch stated she was asleep and was awakened by the screams of Davis, Jr.,” the affidavit said. “Welch stated she went to the living quarters of the RV and observed the chair that was secured to the floor behind the passenger seat of the RV to be on fire and the carpet around the chair.”

Charges dropped against mom whose baby died in RV fire

Charges have been dropped against a Cleburne County woman accused in the death of her baby in an RV fire.

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