Houston police: Burned baby died from mom's homemade salve

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A woman has been accused in the death of her 11-month-old daughter after the baby was severely burned and then treated with a homemade salve containing lethal amounts of acetaminophen, police announced Monday.

Habibo Ibrahim, 27, is charged with injury to a child and reckless injury to a child in the death of Honay Buwa about noon March 5 at an apartment at 2901 Fulton, according to the Houston Police Department.

Police said the baby was severely burned and died at the scene.

Investigators later determined, police said, the child was burned on March 1. It was unclear how she was burned, but a homemade cocoa butter salve had been applied to her injuries.

Several empty capsules of extra-strength acetaminophen were found inside the apartment. Investigators further learned the acetaminophen had been mixed with the salve.

Police said the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences performed an autopsy on the baby and determined she died as a result of an acetaminophen overdose.