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A 3-month-old is fighting for his life in a Boston hospital while his father faces charges for causing the injuries. New Market, NH police say Jose Orta-Santana beat his son so badly, the boy ended up in a coma. Not only was he in a coma, but he has 17 broken bones. Police say doctors at Children's Hospital had to make a list of where the injuries were because there were so many.
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But the 3-month-old is now in the ICU. Of the 17 bones broken in his little body, two are skull fractures. Barbara Moore said
"I would never imagine this at all. Never imagine this how it happened. I'm just beside myself. I'm very hurt by someone harming a baby like that," Moore said.
Orta-Santana waived his right to go in front of a judge Thursday. According to the arrest warrant, he first told police he dropped Joseph when he tripped on a cloth rag, but when investigators started asking more questions after the doctors said the injuries did not jive with that story.
He confessed saying, "I know, I hit him a few times and I'm sorry."
He also told police he threw his son down on the bed so hard, he would bounce off. He said he assaulted his son because he was on edge from lack of sleep.
"To abuse a child like that is beyond anything I can imagine.
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http://www.myfoxboston.com/story/28270250/father-charged-with-assault-of-3-month-old-son