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Posted on 04/14/2026 4:52:59 PM PDT by Libloather
The woman famously known as “Baby Jessica” over her dramatic miracle rescue from a Texas well as a tot in 1987 has just been busted for alleged domestic assault, authorities said.
Jessica McClure Morales, now 40, was arrested Saturday night over a disturbance at her home in Midland County, Texas, where she is believed to live with her husband, Daniel Morales, and their two kids, KXAN reported.
Authorities have not released details about the incident, but McClure Morales was charged with assault causing bodily injury involving family violence.
Her arrest comes decades after the now-married mom of two made global headlines when she was miraculously pulled alive from an abandoned well in Midland after being trapped for nearly 60 hours.
McClure Morales, who was just 18 months old at the time, became lodged in the well after tumbling about 22 feet down.
The nearly 60-hour effort to rescue her was streamed live on TVs across the world as emergency crews raced to save her.
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McClure Morales, who lost a toe to gangrene as a result, was forced to endure more than a dozen surgeries to treat injuries she suffered during the ordeal.
She has long maintained that she has no recollection of ever being trapped.
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I remember watching her rescue on live TV. 40 years ago I was 38.
How many people remember things that happened when they were 18 months old? The earliest date I can put on my first memories would be when I was 3.
Ain't even gonna ping Laz. Someone else do it if you want to.
That was an episode of Lassie. The kid was Timmy. Not this imposter.
My goodness. I am old.
What a co-inky-dink! My sister said just the other day “I wonder whatever happened to that brat that fell down the well.” Live and learn as my mom would say.
The good news... That tattoo isn’t on her forehead... After a few months in prison though... Who knows???
She looks like she’s been rode hard and left out to dry.
Sending our live down the well.
2026 - 40 divided by 3, carry the one, and add 4 = oh never mind lol
A little make up and hair. Lip injections.
Nah…
It is just another family spat. Geez, if they had been prosecuting family spats 50+ yrs ago many of my neighbors would have been put in jail. Lawfare has come for the American family also.
All’s well that doesn’t end in a well.
May the Lord have mercy.
Like a thousand years ago.
Told the kid to climb out himself, and they are still waiting for him to climb out.
I think his name is Timmy.
“Being stuck in this marriage is worse than the well.”
That was the night a scumbag tried to steal my car. He didn’t make it out of the driveway.
It changes ya, falling in a well and all.
I distinctly remember that same situation unfolding on ‘TV’ in the 1950’s (maybe’60s) with unfortunately not a good outcome..
It was also an episode of "The Law of the Plainsman" with Michael Ansara when that annoying little girl character Tess fell down a well. She got rescued by a little boy so Lassie must have been busy that day.
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