AKRON — Police said they are looking for a babysitter after a 1-year-old was seriously burned.
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Akron police were called to the 1100 block of Lakeshore Boulevard on April 26, according to CBS-affiliate WOIO.
Officers arrived and met the child’s mother, who said she left her daughter in the care of a woman at the home while she went out of town.
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She saw that the child had been scolded by hot water from a bath or shower when she returned to pick her up.
The child was later taken to the hospital with serious physical injuries, police said, which include second and third-degree burns.
A warrant was issued for 52-year-old Kimberly Richmond as a result of the investigation.
Richmond faces two counts of child endangering.
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