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 A mother and her boyfriend are now facing charges after 19-month old J'Zyra Thompson died from burns suffered inside an oven, while the couple allegedly left several kids home alone.Racqual Thompson and Cornell Malone are each charged with two counts of endangering a child. RELATED: Custody hearing reveals infant found dead in oven 
 
 Thompson told authorities that she had twice left the children, the eldest 5 years old, unattended that evening, according to court documents. The couple allegedly went to get pizza and visited with Malone's older brother.When Thompson returned home, prosecutors say three of her children were in the living room crying and pointing to the kitchen. Both remain jailed, each with bonds totaling $36,000, after their arrests Tuesday morning. AS THOMPSON SITS IN A JAIL HERE IN DOWNTOWN HOUSTON, CPS HAS CUSTODY OF HER THREE OTHER CHILDREN AND THEY TELL ME IN CASES LIKE THIS, THEY WAIT FOR THE MOTHER TO HAVE BIRTH AND THEN DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO REQUEST CUSTODY THROUGH A JUDGE.  HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston mother and her boyfriend have been charged in connection with the death of her 19-month-old daughter, who was severely burned inside an oven when she and her three young siblings were left home alone, police announced Tuesday. "To see my kids or even have my kids back with me, where they need to be, protected by their dad, so nothing like what they 've been through will happen, ever again," said Price.He says he has a court hearing next week to ask for visitation and possible custody of his children.Court documents say Thompson is 8 and a half months pregnant, and Cornell is the father of the unborn child. Later that night, Thompson and Malone again left the children alone after putting them to bed to go get some pizza and visit Malone's brother. Documents said the oven was tipped over, and when Malone uprighted it, they saw J'zyra on the floor "extremely burned," and the oven turned on "all the way." KTRK-TV reported last week that according to court records, J'zyra Thompson's two 3-year-old siblings told Child Protective Services that one of them put J'zyra inside the oven and that they made the oven "hot."
– The mother of a 19-month-old who died a horrific death after being left at home with three siblings may be in jail when her next baby arrives. Racqual Thompson, who is 8 1/2 months pregnant, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with child endangerment, along with boyfriend Cornell Malone, reports Click2Houston. Prosecutors say the couple left four children—two 3-year-olds, a 5-year-old, and 19-month-old J'Zyra Thompson—alone in their Houston apartment while they went out to get pizza and visit Malone's brother, ABC13 reports. They returned to find three of the children crying, with J'Zyra dead and "extremely burned" in the tipped-over oven, which had been turned on "all the way," according to court documents. Earlier court records, which have now been sealed, according to the AP, stated the 3-year-olds told authorities they had put J'Zyra in the oven and turned it on. A neighbor tells Click2Houston that the couple had bragged about not facing charges over the Nov. 16 death. "They were saying that it wasn't their fault, and that they're gonna get away with it, and they weren't there and this and that," he says. Thompson and Malone are being held on $36,000 bond and the other children are now in the custody of Child Protective Services, the Houston Chronicle reports. Authorities tell Click2Houston that in cases like Thompson's, they'll wait for the mother to give birth before deciding whether to request CPS custody. (In New Hampshire, two 9-year-olds were left home alone—for four months.)