'Botched home circumcision' leaves baby boy hospitalized and Missouri parents facing child abuse charges

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A Missouri couple were arrested after allegedly performing a circumcision on their son in their home.

Tyler Wade Gibson, 35, and 32-year-old Bailey Alexus Gibson, both face child abuse charges, Law&Crime reported. On Nov. 27 staff from the University Hospital in Columbia called a Department of Social Services hotline to say the parents showed up to the hospital with the child after conducting a circumcision at home, a probable cause arrest affidavit said.

The parents allegedly took the boy to Lake Regional Hospital and he was then transferred to University Hospital. They later left the hospital with the boy against medical advice, cops said. Deputies then went to their home to interview them.

Tyler Gibson allegedly admitted to doing the circumcision. The 35-year-old, who has no medical training, said he completed the procedure after doing “research” and saying a “blessing,” the affidavit said.

But despite the prep, "the procedure did not go as planned,” detectives said. Gibson said he used a sanitized blade and gauze pads to catch the blood but “wasn’t prepared for the amount of bleeding,” so they took the baby to the hospital, the affidavit said.

Tyler Gibson told cops he left the blade he used in his bedroom, but they did not find it while searching the home. They did, however, find an empty box of medical gauze, according to the affidavit.

Bailey Gibson told cops that while she was “very hesitant” about her husband completing the procedure, she still helped him carry it out. She did not clarify why she went through with it despite her hesitancy.

The mother said they left the hospital after waiting for four hours. She then requested a lawyer.

Social services responded to the home on Nov. 29 and removed five children. The couple was arrested then bonded out. They are scheduled to appear in court date on Jan. 28.