“They would tell the medical professionals that the child completely drank the bottle,” Mayfield said.
Mayfield told the judge that Christopher suffered three life-threatening blood infections caused by the unnecessary medical procedures he underwent. She said doctors in Houston had concluded she had “exaggerated or falsified his symptoms.
Crawford claims Child Protective Services also ignored his suspicions. The agency reportedly claims to have no record of him contacting them.
Little did anyone know how fooled they all had been, according to CPS records obtained by the Star-Telegram.
CPS launched an investigation into Christopher’s case after receiving a troubling report from a care provider.
The court documents indicate that CPS received a report from a doctor in November 2015, saying that testing had failed to find anything wrong with Christopher. The doctor, according to the report, suspected possible medical child abuse.
When CPS interviewed Bowen-Wright, she denied any wrongdoing. The case was closed.
In November of this year, CPS received another report from a different care provider. The report said Bowen-Wright told them she’d brought her son in for treatment because he’d had a seizure. However, following an examination, doctors found no evidence to support the claim. The care provider further alleged that Bowen-Wright refused advice to wean her son off medications he was taking.
“I am very concerned that mother has moved from exaggerating symptoms to inducing symptoms,” the report read, according to the Star-Telegram. “If mother has given Chris something to induce a seizure, this is potentially fatal. At this point, I am very concerned for his welfare.”
An investigation was launched, and on Dec. 6 Dallas police arrested Bowen-Wright on charges of injury to a child with serious bodily injury, alleging that she caused Christopher’s mysterious maladies.
“Out of everything that has happened, the worst thing you can do is put my children in foster care with strangers,” Crawford told the Star-Telegram. “I need my son in my life and my son needs me in [his] life.”
Friends and co-workers have set up a GoFundMe to help Crawford hire a new attorney.
Bowen is currently out on bail, awaiting trail.