A Houston-area woman accused of placing a plastic bag over the head of her one-year-old son and sending video of the abuse to relatives appeared in court Monday.

Jamelle Peterkin, 23, was charged with endangering a child.

Peterkin, of Humble, allegedly abused the child because she was upset that his father had a new girlfriend.

Jamelle Peterkin (pictured), 23, appeared before a Houston court Monday to answer for charges of child endangement

Peterkin is accused of abusing her one-year-old son and sending videos and photos of the abuse (pictured above) to relatives

The boy's aunt, Ra'Neicha Broadnax, said that in recent days she had seen the videos and pictures from Peterkin also showing the child being slapped and having a lighter held to his fingers, ABC13 reported.

Peterkin is seen above in a mugshot. She allegedly made 64 videos of the boy

Broadnax, who said she began receiving the messages on April 13, said Peterkin indicated she was angry about the father's new girlfriend.

Officers said they saw video of the toddler experiencing difficulty breathing as 'an adult hand was seen stuffing a plastic bag' into his mouth and a photo of the boy 'with a plastic bag over his head' tied in a knot, Click2Houston reported.

A text message she sent accompanying the plastic bag photo read: 'Sad that he pressed to cheat after he just begged me to be his girlfriend.

'That's okay. We can keep playing. Let's see how bad y'all wanna be together.'

Records show Peterkin also placed a plastic bag in the child's mouth.

In the videos the woman is heard saying: 'That's too bad.That's too bad, yep, I felt the same way' and 'Say 'Dad, you should have just left my mama out your bull****.' Say that.'

In one of the videos a flame can be seen being held to the young boy's hand

Torture: Texts released as evidence show images and videos of the boy with his head covered by a plastic bag

Broadnax told CW39Newsfix: 'My brother is incarcerated. His girlfriend was snooping through his phone and she saw he had her [Peterkin] on the 'Do Not Disturb' features, so she took it off and the phone vibrated for an hour straight. When she looked, there were over 300 messages from Peterkin and 64 videos.'

Broadnax then phoned the authorities and asked police to do a welfare check on her nephew. Broadnax also posted some of the videos to Facebook.

They visited his daycare center and said they saw no physical signs of abuse but after watching the videos handed the case over to deputy constables, who interviewed Peterkin.

Peterkin admitted that she made the videos about 90 days ago to show her ex, who is the boy's father, that he did not care about their baby.

Broadnax said her brother, who is a father-of-three, did not know his son was being abused.

The boy's aunt, Ra'Neicha Broadnax (pictured), said she had received the videos and pictures on April 13

Peterkin was released on $15,000 bond and must stay at least 200 feet away from her son, a Houston judge ruled.

The current condition of the child is not detailed in the report.

Online records don't indicate whether Peterkin has an attorney.