The mother of a toddler who police found clinging to life in a filthy Ohio apartment was found guilty on multiple charges in connection to the case, according to online records.
Court documents show Rabyah Muballigh appeared in court Thursday and pleaded no contest. The plea means she a plea she neither admitted to nor disputed the charges and serves as an alternative to pleading guilty or not guilty.
Muballigh was previously indicted by a grand jury on felony assault and child endangerment. Her sentencing is set for July 24 at 10:30 a.m., according to court documents.
Body camera footage from police shows the moment authorities rescued the child in the squalid home in January.
Sgt. Nathan Penrod of the Fairborn Police Department said the child was severely malnourished. She was treated at a hospital for an extended period of time and slowly gained weight.
The little girl was discharged after showing significant improvement," Penrod said in a recent email to The National Desk.The child, said Penrod, was 3 years old and only weighed 16 pounds when police found her. She was also covered in bed bug bites.
A news release noted police responded to the apartment on Jan. 8, where they found the child laying in a room. The child was conscious but not alert.
She's still breathing! She's still breathing! Let's go! Let's go!" one of the officers says in the footage.Footage shows trash and other items strewn throughout the home.
It was an absolute mess," Penrod previously said, adding that the child's mattress was covered in stains.He said animal feces, rodents, cockroaches, insects, and flies were found all over the apartment. The carpets and furniture were also stained.
Separate body camera video shows the moments police arrested Muballigh. In the footage, an officer handcuffs her and she sounds as if she starts to cry.
A portion of the video is muted, but a detective later tells her he will interview her about the case.
She asks an officer if he can release the handcuffs and re-cuff her with her hands in front of her, as she says she has spinal problems and the position she was in “really hurts.”
The officer does so and then Muballigh asks if her child is OK, but the officer tells her he is not aware of the child's condition.
“Right now, you’re being arrested for child endangering at a felony level," the officer says, with Muballigh then starting to cry again.
Muballigh is being held at the Greene County Jail in Xenia, Ohio.
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