The woman known as “Baby Jessica,” famous for her harrowing rescue from a well as an infant, allegedly choked her husband in front of her own baby grandson, according to cops.
Jessica McClure Morales, now 40 and a grandmother, was arrested after she choked her husband so hard her nails made him bleed during a Saturday night fracas at her Midland County home, sheriff’s deputies allege in an affidavit viewed by the Daily Mail.
McClure Morales allegedly became enraged after someone in her home told her not to fight in front of her baby grandson, cops said.
Jessie McClure Morales was arrested and charged with assault. Midland County Jail
Jessica McClure as a baby being rescued after falling into a well in 1987. ASSOCIATED PRESSThe arrest came nearly 40 years after McClure fell 22 feet down an 8-inch-wide well as a baby, resulting in a harrowing, 58-hour rescue that riveted the nation.
McClure Morales allegedly wrapped her hands around her husband’s throat and raked her nails over his skin when he pushed her away, causing him to bleed, according to the affidavit.
As for what she told cops: “Jessica stated [her husband] was in her face and she accidentally scratched him when she pushed him away,” the Mail quoted the report as saying.
Soon after the arrest, the mom of two shared a cryptic Facebook post about “letting go.”
Jessica McClure Morales holding two newborn babies. Facebook/Jessica Morales“Note to self: Happiness is letting go of what you assume your life is supposed to be like right now, and sincerely appreciating it for everything that it is,” she wrote in a Monday post.
“So, relax. Reset. You are enough. You have enough. You do enough. Breathe deep. Let go, and just live right now,” she added.
McClure Morales was just 18 months old when she wandered off in the backyard of her aunt’s house, climbing into a narrow pipe and falling 22 feet down.
Ultimately, crews were able to rescue her by drilling a tunnel through the adjacent rocks.
Jessica McClure Morales was saved from a well after falling in as a baby. Facebook/Jessica MoralesHer rescue captivated the world’s media, with President Ronald Reagan calling her “America’s child.”
McClure Morales lost a toe to gangrene and had to endure more than a dozen surgeries as a result of her ordeal.
In January, she suffered heartbreak when her father’s stepdaughter, Gracey Adams, was brutally murdered.
Gracey Adams, 25, was found dead in the bedroom of her Nashville home, with her girlfriend, Sarah Stacey, 29, charged with killing her.
The case is ongoing, and McClure Morales has not commented publicly on the shocking incident.
