Farmville father sought after baby found with burns
Farmville police were searching for a man Friday who they say burned his 3-month-old child.
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James Lamar Woods is charged with negligent child abuse inflicting serious injury. According to investigators, the child was taken to Vidant Medical Center Wednesday evening after police were called to a home on Brooks Drive.
The child sustained second-degree burns over 12 percent of its body. Police said Friday that the child was recovering.
The baby's mother, Whitley Everett, was arrested and charged with assault on a child and accessory after the fact. She was released from the Pitt County jail Thursday after posting a $5,000 bond.
Anyone who knows Woods' whereabouts is asked to call police at 252-753-4111. Police said they believe he is in the Greenville area.
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