Grandparents Arrested for Injury to a Child
Posted/updated on: March 28, 2012 at 10:54 am
TYLER — The grandparents of an injured child have been arrested after an investigation. Tyler Police arrested Kenneth Neal Walker, 54, and Shelley Walker, 60, both of Tyler, after their granddaughter, 2-year-old Bridget Walker, was treated for severe burns to her feet.
The incident happened February 28th at their home on Aberdeen. Investigators said the girl received the burns when she was placed in a bath tub with scalding hot water. Both grandparents were home at the time. Bridget was flown to Parkland Hospital in Dallas for treatment and is now in the custody of Child Protective Services.
The Walker’s were booked into the Smith County Jail on a charge of injury to a child. Bond was set at $250,000 each.
