LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - A Lufkin man accused of intentionally burning a child in a bathtub is mulling a plea deal following a hearing on Thursday.

A pre-trial hearing for Miguel Gonzalez, 28, took place Thursday before 159th District Judge Todd Kassaw. Gonzalez is charged with injury to a child.

Gonzalez was arrested in 2022 after his girlfriend’s child suffered severe burns. According to arrest documents at the time, Gonzalez told investigators he was giving the child a bath while the child’s mother was at work. Gonzalez claimed he put the child in lukewarm water and walked away “within earshot of the bathroom for 2 minutes” to talk to his roommate in the adjacent hallway. However, when he went to check on the child he saw that the child had managed to turn on the hot water, resulting

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