Bad Ass Joshua Murray Beats Up on a Two Month Old

**Rockin Ma** · January 29th, 2011, 10:10 AM

A Colchester man is scheduled to be arraigned Friday in Norwich Superior Court on charges that he assaulted a 2-month-old baby boy.
Joshua Murray, 22, of 57 White Oak Drive, is charged with first-degree assault and two counts of risk of injury to a minor.
On Jan. 9 state police in Montville received a report from The William W. Backus Hospital that the baby was injured.
The victim arrived by ambulance from a home on Anthony Street in Jewett City unconscious and unresponsive.
Police said the baby sustained a head injury. The boy was transferred to the Children's Medical Center in Hartford for further evaluation.
Detectives from the Eastern District Major Crime Squad initiated the investigation. They interviewed the victim's biological mother and Murray, who is mother's boyfriend. The couple lived together.
As a result of the investigation, Murray was arrested. He is being held in lieu of a $100,000 cash bond.
Police said the baby is in stable condition and is in the care of the Department of Children and Families.

http://www.theday.com/article/201101...99942/-1/NWS02

**Rockin Ma** · January 29th, 2011, 10:16 AM

The baby boy was unconscious and unresponsive, police said, and an initial assessment at Backus showed he had sustained a head injury, or Shaken Baby Syndrome. He was flown to Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford where further examination revealed the child had sustained head trauma and doctors found two hemorrhages on his brain, one old and one new, according to police reports.

On the night of the child’s hospitalization, Murray told police the baby would not sleep and he was bouncing the child on his knee when it pooped and went limp.

In later interviews, Murray told police that on at least two occasions when the baby was being fussy and would not fall asleep, he bounced the baby off his chest, holding the child under the armpits and bouncing him up and down with the baby’s forehead striking his chest, police reports show.

Murray told police he never intentionally hurt the child.

“Murray concluded his statement by saying that he is very sorry that the victim is in the hospital. Murray stated that he wished he knew he was hurting the victim,” according to the police report.

He posted a $100,000 bond before Friday’s court appearance.

Acting on recommendations of the court’s family relations division, Judge Hunchu Kwak ordered a no contact order, barring Murray from any contact with the baby.

The case was continued to Feb. 25, allowing Murray time to find an attorney. The baby is in stable condition in the care of the Department of Children and Families, police said.

Rebecca Nixie, a registered nurse who is a parent educator and teaches infant CPR and newborn infant care at The William W. Backus Hospital, said incidents of Shaken Baby Syndrome occur “more frequently then we think it does.”

She recalled one month in which three different infants were brought in for treatment. She said education for new parents is offered to all families in the hospital’s birthing center.

“We go over what Shaken Baby Syndrome is, the signs and symptoms and how they can prepare if they have a baby that is very fussy,” Nixie said.

Shaken Baby Syndrome occurs when a baby is violently shaken by the shoulders, arms or legs. It can result from shaking alone or from impact. The resulting whiplash effect can cause bleeding within the brain or the eyes, because the baby has undeveloped neck muscles.

“It’s not just bouncing the baby on the knee gently,” Nixie said. “This is forceful shaking. It’s the movement of the baby’s head back and forth that can cause damage.”

Nixie said a parent or caregiver may shake a baby out of anger or frustration, often because the baby won’t stop crying.

“I think they do it not knowing they’re hurting the baby,” seriously Nurse Nixie??she said. “Babies are going to cry. That’s the only method of communication they have.”

http://www.norwichbulletin.com/news/...ed-by-accident

**walkingeagle** · January 29th, 2011, 11:37 AM

That nurse is a real rocket surgeon!

**Robynne** · January 31st, 2011, 02:48 AM

Even though either way he hurt that child, I'm just glad he didn't beat the baby like many of the recent injured babies on here have been. And the fact that the baby didn't die. Heal well sweet one.

As for that douche, thank got it wasn't my child. I would be in the process of beating the son of a bitch to death when emergency responders arrived. I just don't understand why people think it's okay to hurt a poor defenseless child. If a baby crying is too much for you to handle....

1:Don't have one
2:Don't hook up with someone who has one
3:Put them in a safe place and leave the room
4:Get some ear plugs
5:Kill yourself

Any of these options would be better than hurting a child.

Just saying....

**Momzilla** · February 1st, 2011, 12:08 AM

Hey, I just thought of a great analogy to help all the baby-daddys' who don't know if they are being too rough with the baby:

IF YOU WOULDN'T DO IT TO YOUR BALLSACK, DON'T DO IT TO THE BABY!(DON'T kick, punch, bite, twist, gouge, hit, OR bounce off your own chest)

I really think that motto could be effective because they don't know dick about babies, but they know PLENTY about their dicks!

**ineedanap** · February 1st, 2011, 12:32 AM

IF YOU WOULDN'T DO IT TO YOUR BALLSACK, DON'T DO IT TO THE BABY!

Word.

**Silvahalo** · February 1st, 2011, 02:02 AM

“I think they do it not knowing they’re hurting the baby,” ...

And I suppose the screaming baby didn't hint a clue. ffs! saying this to parents, newbies especially is NOT helping. I can see being unsure how to comfort a baby, properly hold, change etc, but i don't take no seasoned dad to know IF a baby cries do not shake, hit or otherwise handle a baby in hurtful manner as it will result in injured or dead baby.

At some point he must have realized he was NOT comforting baby...c'mon, baby went unresponsive, get a clue dumb fuck. Heal completely little one.

**Rockin Ma** · March 15th, 2011, 09:59 AM

A Colchester man accused in a shaken baby abuse case made his first appearance Monday in the New London Superior Court where major crimes are tried.

Joshua A. Murray, 22, of 57 White Oak Drive is free on a $100,000 bond while his case is pending. He is accused of bouncing the 2-month-old son of his girlfriend against his chest several times, causing brain injuries. The baby, who is now in custody of his maternal grandmother, may suffer long-term effects from the abuse, according to a court document.

State police were called to The William W. Backus Hospital on Jan. 9 for a report that the hospital suspected shaken baby syndrome in an infant and was transferring him to the Connecticut Children's Medical Center via Life Star helicopter. They learned that Murray and the child's mother had called 911 after the child became unresponsive.

According to an arrest warrant affidavit prepared by Detective Joseph Masson, Murray said he and the baby's mother were living together in Jewett City and that the mother asked him to take care of the child while she slept because she needed the night off. He said he held the baby under the armpits and bounced him up and down and against his chest to stop him from crying. Murray said the baby's forehead hit his chest five to 10 times and that he did not think he was hurting the child, who did stop crying. Murray admitted he had done the same thing to the child about a month earlier.

Murray is charged with first-degree assault and risk of injury to a minor and appeared Monday with his attorney, Michael Blanchard. Judge Patrick J. Clifford reminded Murray there is a protective order that prohibits him from having contact with the victim and continued the case to March 29.

http://theday.com/article/20110315/NWS02/303159939