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HEARING FROM THE FATHER OF AN
EIGHT-MONTH OLD GIRL - WHOM
AUTHORITIES SAY - WAS DROPPED
INTO A
MOTHER PASSED OUT WHILE
THE BABY WAS TAKEN TO USA
MEDICAL CENTER WITH SEVERE BURNS
TO BOTH OF
HER LEGS. HER MOTHER WAS
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THE
HOSPITAL AND STAYING WITH
RELATIVES TONIGHT.
HER FATHER TELLS ME HE'S
OUTRAGED. HE SAYS HE RETURNED
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING - TO FIND
ON THE
GROUND ... WITH HER LEGS IN A
A WORD OF WARNING ....SOME OF
THE DETAILS IN THIS STORY ARE
< THIS IS 8-MONTH OLD ZAIDA
MARTINEZ - WHILE AT U-S-A
MEDICAL CENTER --
RECOVERING FROM BURNS TO BOTH OF
HER LEGS.
HER INJURIES WERE SEVERE AND
ONES THAT HER FATHER SAYS HE
WILL NEVER
I looked at it and I started
crying. I started crying when I
saw her legs.
OSCAR MARTINEZ SAYS IT HAPPENED
AT THE FAMILIES ATMORE HOME OVER
THE
WEEKEND. HE SAYS THEY HAD BEEN
OUT BACK
ROASTING MARSHMELLOWS -- WHEN HE
LEAVING BABY ZAIDA IN THE CARE
OF HER MOTHER -- 26-YEAR OLD
AMANDA PUGH.
WHEN HE RETURNED - HE SAYS HE
FOUND HIS DAUGHTER SCREAMING AND
CRYING ON THE GROUND OUTSIDE
BOTH OF HER LEGS COVERED IN
Her skin was coming up and left
leg was black. It was really
bad.
When I saw her I got scared and
SAYS HE PANICKED - PUT THE BABY
IN A BATHTUB - AND CALMED HER
DOWN. HE SAYS HE LATER WENT BACK
TO CHECK ON AMANDA AND FOUND
HER STILL PASSED OUT NEAR THE
FIRE.
She was laying down right there.
Her head was already in the
fire, already burned
up. So I pulled her out of the
fire, woke her up and she
MARTINEZ SAYS SHE DIDN'T APPEAR
UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE HAD DONE.
ATMORE POLICE ARRESTED PUGH
AFTER WITNESSES CONFIRMED SHE
HAD BEEN DRINKING WITH THE BABY
IN HER
ARMS AND PASSED OUT. MARTINEZ
SAYS HE BELIEVES PUGH HAD
ALSO BEEN TAKING PILLS.
Leave the stuff she's doing or
whatever she
was taking that day.
FIRST AND ENDANGERING THE
WELFARE OF A
AFTERNOON, SHE WAS
STILL IN THE ESCAMBIA COUNTY,