Mother jailed for neglecting daughter

A circuit judge denied a tearful request from a young mother tokeep her out of jail so she could help raise a baby she is accusedof neglecting.

Jessica Lee Saunders, 20, pleaded guilty in April to childneglect causing injury concerning second-degree burns. Her six-month old daughter, Zayna, was injured in December 2006.

Saunders was arrested after she brought the baby to the hospitalfor treatment of multiple burns to her inner and outer thighs,calves, ankles and feet. Doctors alerted the police, saying some ofthe burns were older and appeared to have come from differentcauses.

Saunders said the child rolled off a bed onto a radiator heater,but the attending …