Two parents have been accused of putting their tiny baby in a microwave oven causing him horrific burns.
Derick and Mikala Boyce-Slezak, both 22, were charged on Tuesday and are jailed on $500,000 bond.
The injuries were discovered when the baby boy, who was just under four months, was taken to the Cardinal-Glennon Hospital Emergency Room in April for a rash on his face that turned out to be a wound, according to court documents obtained by the St Louis Post-Dispatch.
Doctors found the periphery of the wound to be a first-degree burn, with the majority of the wound being a second-degree burn, reported the MailOnline.
A superficial second-degree burn was also visible on the front of the infant's scalp.