Update: Babysitter Accused of Scalding Child is Family Friend

A live-in on suspicion of scalding a toddler with hot water, is a family friend, according to Roseville Police Sgt. Cal Walstad.

Walstad said the parents came home from work to find their almost 3-year-old child injured. The parents called 911 and when the Roseville Fire Department arrived, paramedics determined “this was not just a normal injury,” Walstad said. Roseville Police started the investigation and arrested the live-in babysitter, 23-year-old Samuel Charles Flores, on suspicion of child abuse.

The child had suspicious injuries on his back and investigators believe that the babysitter, while intoxicated, scalded the child with hot water as a form of discipline.

Walstad said the child was in the Intensive Care Unit for about 15 hours. According to a family friend, the toddler has been released from ICU, Walstad said.

Flores was arrested on suspicion of child abuse and willfully causing traumatic injury to a child. He is being held in the Placer County Jail on $50,000 bail.

The investigation is still ongoing, Walstad said.