Baby Jessica! I was RIVETED. I could NOT look away from the TV...everything stopped. What an amazing rescue!
I guess her life didn’t turn out all that great, though. Arrested 3 days ago. :(
‘Baby Jessica,’ who made headlines when she fell down a well, arrested
A Texas woman who grabbed national headlines after being stuck in well three decades ago when she was just 18 months old has been arrested on domestic violence charges.
Jessica McClure Morales, who became a household name, known as “Baby Jessica,” was picked up Saturday night following a reported domestic disturbance at her home in Midland County, police said.
Officers arrived at the residence just before 10 p.m., according to arrest records, and Morales, 40, was reportedly taken into custody at the scene.
She has been charged with assault causing bodily injury involving family violence, according to KMID, though further details are limited.
The Independent has contacted the Midland County Sheriff’s Office for more information on the incident.
Morales garnered widespread attention in October 1987 when she fell into a well in her aunt’s backyard in Midland, Texas. She became lodged in a pipe that was just eight inches wide and was 22 feet underground.
Second, I was only 4 when the earlier incident happened. I wasn’t aware of it.