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'Baby Jessica,' Woman Rescued From Well in the 80s, Now Faces Assault Charges
The 40-year-old was later released on bond after deputies responded to a reported domestic disturbance, records show.
- On Saturday, April 11, Jessica McClure Morales, 40, was arrested at her home in Midland by the Midland County Sheriff's Office and charged with assault causing bodily injury involving family violence.
- Morales gained national fame as 'Baby Jessica' in 1987 after falling into an eight-inch-wide well in her aunt's backyard in Midland, where she remained trapped for 60 hours.
- The 1987 rescue required drilling a parallel shaft through solid rock to reach her 22 feet underground; a 1989 made-for-TV movie featuring Beau Bridges and Patty Duke later recreated the ordeal.
- After posting bail, Morales was released from the Midland County Detention Center shortly after her arrest, with no further information regarding the case immediately released by authorities.
- CNN inaugurated 24-hour reporting to track the 1987 rescue, birthing the round-the-clock disaster coverage now commonplace on cable news, according to a book description about the event.
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Woman known as 'Baby Jessica' from 1987 rescue has been arrested for domestic assault
The woman who was rescued as a child from a well decades ago has grown up and was arrested on domestic charges in Texas, according to police.Jessica McClure Morales, who is now 40 years old and a mother of two, was arrested and charged with assault causing bodily injury involving family violence on Saturday.After her arrest and release, she posted a cryptic message on social media. Midland County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a call at …
Woman who was 'Baby Jessica' arrested on assault charge nearly 38 years after famous well rescue
Jessica McClure Morales, known as "Baby Jessica" during her 1987 rescue from a Texas well, has been arrested on an assault charge at her home in Midland County, Texas, multiple news outlets report.
'Baby Jessica' famously rescued from well 38 years ago in the news again at 40 · American Wire News
A Texas woman who was famously rescued from a well when she was a baby in 1987 has since been arrested for a domestic disturbance at her home. Decades ago, the woman currently identified as Jessica McClure Morales became known nationwide as “Baby Jessica” after she fell into an eight-inch-wide well in her aunt’s backyard in Midland, Texas, at only 18 months of age. The rescue operation that proceeded became a national sensation, with Americans a…
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The Mercury news‘Baby Jessica’ from 1987 well rescue arrested on domestic violence charge
The woman who was known as "Baby Jessica" when she was rescued from a well in 1987 was reportedly arrested on a domestic violence charge in Texas.
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