Prosecutors charge Puyallup mom of missing newborn with child endangerment



PUYALLUP, Wash. -- Pierce County prosecutors have charged a mother believed to be on the run with her newborn with child endangerment, and a judge has issued a warrant for her arrest.

Police say the boy's mother, Myra Aguilar, fled with him to keep him out of state custody. Police believe the baby is with his mother and his alleged father, Levi Jerome Taylor, who has two felony warrants for his arrest.

Puyallup Police said the FBI joined the search for a baby believed to be danger since he was born more than a week ago.

Captain Scott Engle says that they're still looking for Jeshua Taylor, who was born Aug. 9 at a home without medical personnel present.

Police believe the baby has not received medical treatment since he was born. They're worried he may be suffering from drug withdrawals.

Engle says state child-protective services received reports about the baby's condition and alerted police.

Last week, a Pierce County Superior Court judge authorized police to take the baby into protective custody.

On Tuesday, prosecutors charged Aguilar, 31, with criminal mistreatment in the second degree, endangerment with a controlled substance and custodial interference in the first degree for using methamphetamine during her pregnancy and violating a judge’s order to surrender the infant to authorities.

Court records show Aguilar, who is suspected of using drugs, was fighting the state to retain custody of another child when she became pregnant with Jeshua. She didn't tell the state when she was due.

Prosecutors said back in 2011 Aguilar told authorities she had been using drugs for 20 years.