‘Baby Jessica,’ who made national headlines when she fell down a well, arrested on domestic violence charges

A Texas woman who grabbed national headlines after being stuck in well three decades ago when she was just 18 months old has been arrested on domestic violence charges.Jessica McClure Morales, who became a household name, known as “Baby Jessica,” was picked up Saturday night following a reported domestic disturbance at her home in Midland County, police said.Officers arrived at the residence just before 10 p.m., according to arrest records, and Morales, 40, was reportedly taken into custody at the scene.She has been charged with assault causing bodily injury involving family violence, according to KMID, though further details are limited.The Independent has contacted the Midland County Sheriff’s Office for more information on the incident.Morales garnered widespread attention in October 1987 when she fell into a well in her aunt’s backyard in Midland, Texas. She became lodged in a pipe that was just eight inches wide and was 22 feet underground.Jessica McClure Morales, who became a household name as ‘Baby Jessica,’ was arrested Saturday night following a reported domestic disturbance at her home in Midland County, police said (Midland County Sheriff's Office)It took rescuers 58 hours to free Morales, by drilling a parallel shaft next to the well – despite being hampered at one point by the solid rock that was surrounding the area. Eventually, paramedic Robert O'Donnell descended the shaft to free the child, who was stuck, pinned against the wall with one leg above her head. Crews knew Morales was alive after hearing her singing “Winnie the Pooh” to herself.The majority of the rescue of “Baby Jessica” was broadcast live by three major U.S. TV networks ABC, NBC and CBS. A made-for-television movie, “Everybody’s Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure, was broadcast on ABC in 1989."Everybody in America became godmothers and godfathers of Jessica while this was going on,” then-president Ronald Reagan said at the time.Morales underwent multiple surgeries following her ordeal but has said she does not remember the incident.Investigations into Saturday’s incident are still ongoing.