Poor Baby: 4-month old Burned in Meth Lab, Mom, Grandparents Arrested

RAEFORD, N.C. -- The young mother has been arrested after her 4-month-old son was found with burn injuries during a raid at a meth lab.

23-year-old Ashley Milligan has been charged with felony child abuse, manufacture methamphetamine and felony obstruction of justice.

Police say the boy was found when authorities raided a suspected meth lab inside the grandparent's home.

The boy sustained second and third degree chemical burns to his body.

Based on the child's injuries police say the baby had suffered for a while.

Police speculate the child wasn't taken for medical treatment for fear of exposing the lab.

The grandparents have also been charged.

Once the boy is treated at the hospital, he will be taken into protective custody.

The child's father is already in jail.