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Tarrant County Woman Arrested in Alleged Medical Child Abuse

Investigators have opened a Medicaid fraud inquiry tied to alleged online fundraisers.

Overview

  • Kaitlyn Rose Laura, 31, was booked into the Tarrant County Jail on a first-degree felony charge of injury to a child causing serious bodily injury and on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
  • Investigators say she subjected a child to unnecessary medical treatments, a form of abuse sometimes called caregiver‑fabricated illness.
  • Detectives opened a Medicaid fraud inquiry and say she ran at least three GoFundMe campaigns for the child's supposed medical costs.
  • The Sheriff's Office asked anyone who donated to those fundraisers or texted with her about her children's health to call the Criminal Investigation Division at 817-884-1305.
  • Sheriff Bill Waybourn called medical child abuse a horrific crime and said these cases are complex to investigate, with the criminal and financial probes still active.