Houston area sees a surge in child deaths from abuse and neglect
Tera Roberson, Special Projects Producer
Joel Eisenbaum, Investigative Reporter
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HOUSTON – April marks the beginning of Child Abuse Prevention Month. And right now, there are more than 6,000 confirmed cases of child abuse and neglect in the Houston area.
Here’s a breakdown of one of the most well-known child abuse cases that happened in our area that of Maliyah Bass.
Community on high alert
A missing 2-year-old, a community on high alert and a heartbroken family.
“I was at work when I got the call about Maliyah,” recalls Angel Harris, of the day she learned Maliyah was reported missing from the playground of her family’s apartment on Aug. 22, 2020.
Search warrant outlines couple s inconsistent statements after Maliyah Bass disappearance and death
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Teddy bears and balloons are left at the home of two year old Maliyah Bass at the Sunset Crossing apartment complex in Alief on Saturday, August 29, 2020, where Maliyah was last seen alive.Hadley Chittum, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer
The police probe into the August disappearance and death of 2-year-old Maliyah Bass whom a jogger found floating in the Brays Bayou unearthed a trove of inconsistencies, according to court records.
Investigators, in a search warrant filed this month, outlined the contradicting statements that the girl’s mother, Sahara Ervin, and her boyfriend, Travion Thompson, during the initial search for little Maliyah and the statements shared following the discovery of her body, including where Thompson was when the girl reportedly vanished. The couple took exception to a police tracking dog in their Alief-area apartment compl