Colorado Springs: Father arrested for causing traumatic brain injury to his 14-month-old child.
"The fiancee said she saw the 6-foot-5, 285-pound Terry hit the child more than 50 times since October, the affidavit said, and squeeze the child's head, causing the couple to fear she had a concussion."
North Carolina: Babysitter shakes 10 month old baby; infant in critical condition. Later, baby dies.
Stockton, California: Bio Dad's GF booked on suspicion of torture, child abuse, child abuse resulting in death of a 3 year old girl.
Utah: Man shakes GF's 1 year old son, causing brain injury and permanent partial blindness; judge gives perp one year.
Redding, CA: Father & Mother Arrested For Physical Abuse of their Seven Children.
Maryland: Man charged with murder, abuse in death of 2 year old.
All I have to do to find these cases is Google: "child abuse" "news." Every day there are more stories.
This is what is out there. This is what actual people are doing to their actual kids, their significant others' kids, the kids they're babysitting. Social awareness & adequate preventive infrastructure? Nah. Not so much.
Anyhow, here's the pick of the day:
American Fork, Utah: Father faces murder trial in death of his 4 month old infant daughter
The medical examiner's report [on the child] details numerous skull fractures, blood on the brain, a lacerated kidney and blood in the lining of the abdomen, with the ultimate cause of death being blunt force injuries to the head, Utah County Attorney Jeff Buhman said.
Provo police detective Mark Petersen testified that during an interview with Gardea, he confessed to punching Jasmin in the head and torso, hard enough that had he been hit that hard, it would have knocked him unconscious, said Buhman.
Sorry about all this. I'll try to write something perky next time.
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