Sentenced: Detroit Firefighters Save Baby Girl Inside House Fire They Say Family Didn't Mention

[Sugar Cookie]

Detroit firefighters rushed into a family's home on fire and found a baby they didn't know was there on April 5. Now there are serious questions whether the adults who escaped ever told firefighters that the baby was inside.

"I saw something out of the corner of my eye wiggling and it was a baby with some sheets over here," said Lavaughn Williams. "And she was face down and she was wiggling like she was struggling to breathe. The smoke was heavy in the room, so my parental instincts kicked in, I am a father, thinking of my child, I picked the baby up and ran out quickly as possible."

Firefighters say that none of the people told them there was a child in the crib wrapped in blankets only that there were dogs in the basement.

Williams was stunned to find an 18-month-old baby girl inside a smoke-filled room in the burning house on Detroit's east sidein the early morning hours.

The fire department told FOX 2 that four adults managed to get out of the house including the baby's adoptive mother. Firefighters say that none of the people told them there was a child in the crib wrapped in blankets only that there were dogs in the basement.

The 911 dispatcher on the police and fire scanner can be heard saying that dogs were inside the house.

"We pulled near 20 puppies and or dogs out of the building," said Mike Nevin. "(They) never mentioned, never once mentioned, a child in the building."

Nevin was the DFD batallion chief at that house fire on Riad. He refused to turn the child over to her adoptive mother after Williams rescued her, instead medics took the baby to Detroit Children's Hospital where Detroit police and Child Protective Services got involved.

"We noticed that, we felt that there was a possibility that the child had been neglected," said Nevin. "Not only neglected, we noticed the possibility of some bumps and stuff on the child."

A neighbor, who did not want her face shown on camera, says she was there when firefighters first arrived.

"Due to that fire, they try to make it seem like oh she did something like she didn't care about the baby or whatever and that's not true. That is not true," she said.

"She did repeat herself, 'I got 10 dogs and a baby in there,'" the neighbor said. "So I guess they didn't hear or whatever, but I saw all the action because I was standing right there. Me and the neighbor across the street were standing right there looking and you heard her say, 'I have a baby in there.' I heard her say I have a baby in there and 10 dogs in there."

Nevin disagrees.

"Absolutely not, and I've got 21 witnesses that wear black fire gear and hard hat helmets that'll tell you the same thing," he said. "So no. That's a big n-o there."

Child Protective Services, arson investigators and Detroit police are all investigating the house fire. Detroit police say there are a lot of unanswered questions.

Detroit Fire said that the adoptive mother had been in touch with police earlier that night for some kind of domestic disturbance.

Detroit Firefighters save baby girl inside house fire they say family didn't mention

"I saw something out of the corner of my eye wiggling and it was a baby with some sheets over here," said Lavaughn Williams. "And she was face down ... struggling to breathe. The smoke was heavy in the room, so my parental instincts kicked in, I am a father, thinking of my child. I picked the...

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The Detroit Fire Department says they rescued an 18-month-old child at about 3:20 a.m. Monday from a home that caught fire in the 11800 block of Riad Street on Detroit’s east side. It is currently unclear how severe the fire was, where it was located inside the home and where the child was in relation to the fire.

The child appeared to be injured in the fire and was taken to a children’s hospital, officials said.

Authorities are calling the cause of the fire suspicious and an arson squad is investigating.

Officials say the case is also being treated as a child abuse matter and police are investigating the incident. The parents of the child reportedly did not tell authorities that there was a child in the home at the time of the incident.

There were also reportedly 12 dogs inside the home at the time of the fire. It is currently unclear if any were injured.

Toddler hospitalized after ‘suspicious’ house fire on Detroit’s east side

A toddler was rescued early Monday morning from a Detroit house fire that officials are calling “suspicious.”

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[Victoria]

Detroit Crews 'Dumbfounded' by Baby Rescue

Detroit firefighters responding to a fire were asked to save some dogs before they found and rescued an infant inside the burning home that wasn't mentioned by the residents.

Apr. 17—When Detroit firefighters reached a burning home early one morning last week on the city's east side, they found several adults standing outside asking them to save the dogs inside.

None mentioned an 18-month-old girl that fire crews found and rescued inside, said Detroit Deputy Fire Commissioner Dave Fornell.

The firefighters were "totally dumbfounded," he said. "It is extremely unusual that when we pulled up the family never mentioned there was a child in the building."

The baby now is safe, but the incident has triggered a Detroit police investigation, Officer Holly Lance, a spokeswoman for the city Police Department, said Friday.

Meanwhile, authorities are working to determine the cause of the fire, which was deemed "suspicious," Fornell said.

Crews were dispatched to the home in the 11000 block of Riad at about 3:20 a.m. April 5.

Firefighters went to different parts of the home after asking if anyone was inside, Fornell said. Then, as black smoke filled one of the rooms, one firefighter noticed a crib and saw the 18-month-old.

Firefighter LaVaughn Williams told WDIV-TV ( Channel 4) he noticed movement under a blanket in a crib in a room.

"I'm a father. I have a 3-year-old. It just stunned me. I couldn't believe it, honestly," Williams told the station.

It wasn't until he exited the home with the baby in his arms that a woman, identified as the child's adoptive mother, acknowledged her, Fornell said. "It was kind of a surprise to us that we found the child."

There were no indication the dogs, including puppies, were harmed, and most of the damage to the house was in the kitchen, Fornell said.

Emergency personnel raced the baby to Children's Hospital of Detroit. They said she had "injuries inconsistent with being trapped in a fire" and alerted police as well as Children's Protective Services, Fornell said.

After she was treated, the 18-month-old was placed with another guardian, Lance said Friday.

Detroit Crews 'Dumbfounded' by Baby Rescue | Firehouse

 

[Sejanus]

The adults sound scummy.

 

[cubby]

I would not have been leaving that house without my baby. We wouldn't have to worry about who told who what, I would be holding my baby.

 

[Victoria]

I would not have been leaving that house without my baby. We wouldn't have to worry about who told who what, I would be holding my baby.

Exactly!!

And what is with,
When Detroit firefighters reached a burning home early one morning last week on the city's east side, they found several adults standing outside asking them to save the dogs inside.

None mentioned an 18-month-old girl that fire crews found and rescued inside, said Detroit Deputy Fire Commissioner Dave Fornell.

and ...

Emergency personnel raced the baby to Children's Hospital of Detroit. They said she had "injuries inconsistent with being trapped in a fire" and alerted police as well as Children's Protective Services, Fornell said.

Injuries inconsistent with being trapped in a fire. Doesn't take a lot of supposition to recognize what most likely was being attempted here.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

I bet they will find evidence of other abuse that baby has suffered.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Such a pretty baby

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Whatever the truth is this baby does not need to be placed with any one who shares D.N.A with her.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

This video says the baby had black eyes and bruises all over her body when she was taken out of the home.

I think this had to have been a kinship adoptive home. Hopefully the baby is somewhere safe and loved.

A Detroit woman pleaded no contest to charges claiming she didn’t tell firefighters her 18-month-old adopted daughter was inside her burning home.

The fire happened in April of 2021 on Detroit’s east side; firefighters said they went into the house on a mission to find the woman’s dogs and, by surprise, found a child inside.

“I could not believe it,” said Lavon Williams from the Detroit Fire Department.

The baby’s guardian, Chantel Alexander, was out of the burning home, telling fighters to rescue her dogs, never telling them her baby was in the house. According to a previous report, there were twenty dogs in the home.

The 18-month-old was found inside the house in her crib, covered in blankets. The young child was originally under Alexander’s cousin’s custody but was adopted by Alexander in April 2020. After the house fire, Alexander was removed as a guardian of the child.

Alexander was initially charged with child abuse, which is a 10 year felony.

On Tuesday, she got a plea deal which resulted in a punishment of three years probation. During the court session on Jan. 3, Alexander pleaded no contest to second-degree child abuse, alcohol treatment, and no contact with the victim and has to comply with any orders from Family Court and Child Protective Services.

October 29, 2021

Twenty dogs were in the home. Firefighters said the mother’s focus was on getting the dogs out of the burning home.

The child’s mother, Chantel Alexander, went before a judge on Friday to find out if she’ll go to trial on charges of child abuse. Williams took the stand and testified that the only time Alexander mentioned the child was when he ran out of the home with her.

Alexander’s defense attorney argued that there’s no proof that Alexander knew her baby was inside the burning home when she ran out of it. Judge Kenneth King rejected that argument.

Detroit firefighter testifies in case against mother accused of leaving child in burning home

A mother who firefighters say didn’t tell them her baby girl was still inside their burning home was in court on Friday (Oct. 29) on charges of child abuse.

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April 16, 2021

Detroit Fire Department Battalion Chief Myke Nevin was with the baby’s adoptive mother and asked her repeatedly if anyone else was in the home.

“We were told everyone was out except for the dogs,” Nevin said.

Twenty dogs were in the home. Fire fighters said the mother’s entire focus was on the dogs, telling fire crews to get the dogs out.

The Detroit Fire Department checks every inch of a home during a fire to confirm if anyone else is inside. When Williams got the baby out, she would not let go of him.

“She looked at me with these big beautiful eyes. I said, ‘Oh my God,’” Williams recalled. “It was a feeling I couldn’t get rid of for days. It overwhelmed me. We weren’t informed there was a child in there.”

“The baby held onto him like it knew,” Nevin said. “The baby looked relieved.”

When the mother asked for the baby, firefighters refused to hand her over. Detroit police and Child Protective Services are now investigating.

“I would not give that baby to any civilian until we got her to the hospital,” Nevin said.

“The scariest thing about the whole situation is how do you not tell us there’s a child in there?” Williams asked. “There was a lot of black smoke.”

Baby found, rescued from Detroit fire after mother says house is empty

“The scariest thing about the whole situation is how do you not tell us there’s a child in there?” Williams asked. “There was a lot of black smoke.”

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[GoneWest]

Nice lying sack of shit neighbor bitch. Was she hoping to get a free pitbull puppy for lying about what she obviously never heard.
PS. Firefighters need to remember her before they rush to an emergency at her address.