{"id":2373942,"date":"2026-04-15T06:29:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T06:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2373942"},"modified":"2026-04-15T06:29:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T06:29:49","slug":"baby-jessica-who-was-rescued-from-a-well-in-1987-is-arrested-for-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/baby-jessica-who-was-rescued-from-a-well-in-1987-is-arrested-for-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Baby Jessica,&#8217; who was rescued from a well in 1987, is arrested for assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Jessica McClure Morales was taken into custody over the weekend for a domestic disturbance at her home.<\/p>\n<p>Morales is best known as &#8220;Baby Jessica,&#8221; who was rescued after she fell into a 22-foot well in 1987, when she was 18 months old. The world was riveted as rescuers worked for nearly 60 hours to free her.<\/p>\n<p>Morales, now 40 years old, was arrested at her home in Texas on Saturday and charged with assault causing bodily injury involving family violence, according to records cited by multiple outlets.<\/p>\n<p>Records show she posted bond and was released from the Midland County Detention Center. Further details about the incident are not yet available.<\/p>\n<p><b>RELATED NEWS | <\/b><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scrippsnews.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/britney-spears-enters-substance-abuse-treatment-facility-weeks-after-her-arrest-on-suspicion-of-dui\"><b>Britney Spears enters substance abuse treatment facility weeks after her arrest on suspicion of DUI<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Morales&#8217; 1987 rescue stretched for nearly five days, drawing worldwide media attention and leading to the creation of a television movie adaptation in 1989.<\/p>\n<p>In interviews as an adult, Morales has said her surviving the ordeal was a &#8220;miracle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Morales married her husband Danny in 2006 and bought a home close by the location of the well she fell in as a child.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n    window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n    FB.init({\n        appId : '831625585470146',\n    xfbml : true,\n    version : 'v2.9'\n    });\n    };\n    (function(d, s, id){\n    var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n    if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n    js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n    js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n    js.async = true;\n    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n    }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.scrippsnews.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jessica McClure Morales was taken into custody over the weekend for a domestic disturbance at her home. 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