"Toddler John" MOORE - 8 yo - Canton (N of Jackson) MS

Canton police said they are investigating the suspicious death of a child that happened at the same home where a 4-year-old was burned by hot water.Canton police Detective John Smith confirmed the investigation on Thursday, but he would not provide any details about when the child died or the identity of the child's parents.Smith said several children were removed from 568 Isabella St., in Canton, Wednesday night. They will remain in DHS custody until the investigation is complete, Smith said.Michelle Moore, 24, is charged with felony child abuse after her daughter, Ak'eelan Fisher, suffered third-degree burns to her feet and legs, police said. The child has been released from the hospital and is in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Human Services, officials said.
Moore's relatives said that the child was burned accidentally.Moore was being held Thursday at the Madison County Detention Center on a $50,000 bond.Moore's sister Felicia said eight children, including Fisher, have been removed from the home. Seven of the children belong to Moore's mother, Mary, who the family said is missing. She walked her children to school Monday morning and hasn't been seen since, Felicia Moore said.Mary Moore has had 17 children, two of whom have died, the family said. Her children include Michelle and Felicia Moore.Felicia Moore said Mary Moore's 8-year-old son, who she said had Down's Syndrome, died in February at the home. She said the child stopped breathing one night. Another of Mary Moore's children, a 3-week-old boy, died in 2007. Felicia Moore said the baby never came home from the hospital.Police said the investigation is continuing.

A coroner says a child died of natural causes in the same house where a 4-year-old was burned with scalding water.Canton police confirmed on Thursday that investigators were looking into claims of a suspicious death of at least one child at a home at 568 Isabella St., in Canton. The home is the same location where a 4-year-old suffered third-degree burns last month.Michelle Moore, the mother of 4-year-old Ak'eelan Fisher, faces felony child neglect charges. Investigators said she burned the child with hot water and didn't get help for the child until two days later when someone gave a tip to police.Mary Moore, Fisher's grandmother and Michelle Moore's mother, gave birth to 17 children, two of whom have died, including an 8-year-old boy who died in February at the home, family members said. The Madison County coroner on Monday confirmed that child died of natural causes.Family members have said that Mary Moore is missing. She is not facing any charges, police said.

Woman to serve 1 year in burn case

11:13 AM, Sep. 7, 2011

A Canton mom will serve one year in prison for hot water burns her then-4-year-old daughter suffered last fall.

Michelle Moore avoided trial Sept. 19 in Madison County Circuit Court by pleading guilty Tuesday to one count of failure to provide medical care.

The charge carries a maximum five years and a $5,000 fine.

Judge William Chapman sentenced Moore, 25, to five years, but suspended four.

Moore has been out on bond since November. She was taken into custody following the plea and will be on probation for five years upon release.

Madison-Rankin County District Attorney Michael Guest said Moore was indicted only on a charge of not seeking medical treatment.

"The child in fact suffered burns to her legs," Guest said. "We were not able to determine if the burns were caused intentionally by Ms. Moore."

On Oct. 19, 2010, the girl was burned on both legs after running into a bucket of scalding hot water in Moore's home on Isabella Street.

The child was treated at University of Mississippi Medical Center then taken into custody by the state Department of Human Services.

Guest did not know if the child is still with DHS or with relatives now.

Canton police said, though the child was hurt Oct. 19, they did not receive a call until two days later. Moore told police she was afraid to take her daughter to the hospital for fear DHS would take her.

Moore said she immediately put cool water on the child's legs and tended to the burns for two days.

An investigation concluded Moore failed to seek proper medical attention.

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