Harris County child abuse case leads to charges, two children injured

An ambulance call to a Sunnyside apartment complex exposed a child-abuse case that left a 3-year-old girl on a ventilator, her younger sibling injured, and a Harris County mother facing multiple felony counts. Court records say an EMT arrived on Sept. 9, 2025, and found a child who was, in the words reported from the affidavit, “dying in front of them.”

Doctors found the 3-year-old had a brain bleed, broken bones and belt-buckle marks. Part of her skull was removed during emergency treatment, and she was placed on a ventilator. Investigators later found that her 2-year-old sibling also had broken bones and bruising in different stages of healing, evidence that pointed to abuse that went beyond a single incident.

The case moved forward after the hospital suspected abuse and contacted the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. According to the filings, Jamesha Wilson, 30, left the children with her girlfriend, Kevonnisha Jones, 30, while she went to work. Jones allegedly told investigators the 3-year-old fell off a bed, but prosecutors say text messages and calls showed the two women coordinating what they would tell law enforcement as deputies reviewed medical records, phone records and witness statements.

Wilson is now accused of four counts of injury to a child by omission and five counts of intentional injury to a child. Jones is wanted on a separate injury-to-a-child charge, and the children were removed from the home and placed with a family. The case fits a pattern that Harris County has seen before, where prosecutors have pursued severe omission and failure-to-protect cases after children suffered catastrophic harm behind closed doors.

For relatives, neighbors and mandatory reporters in Harris County, the rule is simple: report suspected abuse when there is reasonable cause to believe a child has been harmed. Texas DFPS says to call 911 or local law enforcement first if a child is in immediate danger, then call the Texas Abuse Hotline at 1-800-252-5400 for urgent situations, including serious injuries or any injury to a child 5 or younger. The secure online hotline is for non-emergency reports, and DFPS says reports must include a name and phone number, with reporters’ identities kept confidential by law.