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Prosecutors on Thursday charged an Onalaska father with abusing his infant son, who remains hospitalized with skull fractures and possibly a brain injury.
Chad Parker, 29, said the injuries to the 3-month-old were the result of co-sleeping, but a doctor reported the trauma was consistent with the infant being struck on the head, according to the complaint filed in La Crosse County Circuit Court.
Parker told police he “passed out” with the infant on the couch after drinking and woke early May 21 to find his son beneath his chest. He denied shaking the child, according to the complaint.
The infant’s mother discovered bruising on the child’s neck, arm, back and stomach, along with injuries to his hand and ear later that day.
She photographed the injuries and took him to the emergency room at Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse. (Way to go, mom! So few are this proactive, so she gets points in my book.) The child was flown to a hospital in Rochester, Minn., and underwent an in-flight blood transfusion.
The child’s doctor told authorities he suffered multiple skull fractures, swelling in three areas of his scalp, bleeding outside his brain and bruising to 14 parts of his body, the complaint stated. Medical providers cannot yet confirm a brain injury because the child’s seizures prevent him from undergoing a MRI.
Chad Parker, 29, said the injuries to the 3-month-old were the result of co-sleeping, but a doctor reported the trauma was consistent with the infant being struck on the head, according to the complaint filed in La Crosse County Circuit Court.
Parker told police he “passed out” with the infant on the couch after drinking and woke early May 21 to find his son beneath his chest. He denied shaking the child, according to the complaint.
The infant’s mother discovered bruising on the child’s neck, arm, back and stomach, along with injuries to his hand and ear later that day.
She photographed the injuries and took him to the emergency room at Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse. (Way to go, mom! So few are this proactive, so she gets points in my book.) The child was flown to a hospital in Rochester, Minn., and underwent an in-flight blood transfusion.
The child’s doctor told authorities he suffered multiple skull fractures, swelling in three areas of his scalp, bleeding outside his brain and bruising to 14 parts of his body, the complaint stated. Medical providers cannot yet confirm a brain injury because the child’s seizures prevent him from undergoing a MRI.
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Prosecutors say an Onalaska man accused of beating his infant son cut off his GPS monitor, stole a shotgun, broke into the boy’s mother’s home and confessed days after being released from jail.
Chad Parker, 29, was arrested May 26 after his 3-month old son was taken to the hospital with skull fractures and a possible brain injury. According to court documents the child had bruises on his chin, neck, chest and back.
Parker told police he had been drinking and “passed out” with the infant on the couch; he said he woke up on top of the boy but denied shaking him, according to court documents.
Parker was released from jail May 27 after posting bond.
The boy’s mother called police early Thursday to report that Parker had climbed through a bedroom window in her residence shortly before 5 a.m., saying he was upset and wanted to talk. He left on foot after giving her a letter, according to a criminal complaint.
According to the complaint, Parker wrote that he was “feeling overwhelmed” and had gotten little sleep when he “flipped out” and threw the boy on the couch, “started smacking him on the butt really hard, and then bit him really hard on the hand.”
“After me doing something like that, I can’t live the rest of my life, I don’t deserve to live,” Parker wrote.
Police went to the home where Parker had been staying. His parents had found his GPS ankle bracelet and a note saying he couldn’t “live like this anymore.” They later discovered they were missing a 12-gauge shotgun, according to the complaint.
Parker was arrested Thursday in Jackson County with a loaded gun in the back seat of his vehicle.
Prosecutors charged him Friday with two counts of felony bail jumping for removing his bracelet and violating a no-contact provision of his bond.
Judge Gloria Doyle ordered his $5,000 cash bond forfeited and imposed a new $50,000 bond, saying Parker is “a poor candidate for GPS monitoring.” (Ya think?)
Chad Parker, 29, was arrested May 26 after his 3-month old son was taken to the hospital with skull fractures and a possible brain injury. According to court documents the child had bruises on his chin, neck, chest and back.
Parker told police he had been drinking and “passed out” with the infant on the couch; he said he woke up on top of the boy but denied shaking him, according to court documents.
Parker was released from jail May 27 after posting bond.
The boy’s mother called police early Thursday to report that Parker had climbed through a bedroom window in her residence shortly before 5 a.m., saying he was upset and wanted to talk. He left on foot after giving her a letter, according to a criminal complaint.
According to the complaint, Parker wrote that he was “feeling overwhelmed” and had gotten little sleep when he “flipped out” and threw the boy on the couch, “started smacking him on the butt really hard, and then bit him really hard on the hand.”
“After me doing something like that, I can’t live the rest of my life, I don’t deserve to live,” Parker wrote.
Police went to the home where Parker had been staying. His parents had found his GPS ankle bracelet and a note saying he couldn’t “live like this anymore.” They later discovered they were missing a 12-gauge shotgun, according to the complaint.
Parker was arrested Thursday in Jackson County with a loaded gun in the back seat of his vehicle.
Prosecutors charged him Friday with two counts of felony bail jumping for removing his bracelet and violating a no-contact provision of his bond.
Judge Gloria Doyle ordered his $5,000 cash bond forfeited and imposed a new $50,000 bond, saying Parker is “a poor candidate for GPS monitoring.” (Ya think?)
