Overview
- The rescue occurred Saturday, Aug. 1, when officers entered a smoke-filled home and found a 2-year-old strapped into a car seat and the mother unconscious on the floor.
- Body-worn camera video released Tuesday shows officers removing the nearly unresponsive toddler from the car seat and dragging the uncooperative mother outside as they searched the house.
- Investigators determined the smoke came from a burned pizza left in the microwave and said a 7-year-old in the home called the children’s father, who then called 911.
- Court and police records identify the mother as Kallien Mia Heathman, report a blood-alcohol level of 0.379, and show she was booked on one count of child abuse with a $10,000 cash bond.
- Both the toddler and Heathman were taken to a hospital for evaluation, medical conditions have not been publicly released, and the case raises immediate custody and criminal-procedure questions for local courts.