A 5-week-old Texas infant is recuperating from a skull fracture, fractured ribs and widespread bruising police say her father caused.
Gabriel Anthony Sanchez, 19, was arrested Wednesday after authorities were called to a Bryan, Texas, hospital treating the infant for a cracked skull, brain bleed, broken ribs, bloody nose, handprint-shaped contusion on her stomach and bruises to her face, legs and genitals, The Bryan-College Station Eagle reported.
The child’s mother said she received a call at work from Sanchez via a social media app, claiming the infant would not stop crying and had fallen off the bed. He later admitted to police that he struck the child’s abdomen and face but claimed her other injuries occurred when he tossed her on the bed from across the room and she bounced onto the floor.
Sanchez, whose bond has been set at $70,000, has been charged with serious bodily injury to a child,
Texas father, 19, suspected of beating 5-week-old daughter, fracturing her skull
A 5-week-old Texas infant is recuperating from a skull fracture, fractured ribs and widespread bruising police say her father caused.
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Investigators said the child had a handprint on her abdomen that wrapped around to her back, a contusion to both eyes, bruising on her left cheek, swollen face, bloody nostrils and bruising on her legs.
Police said the child also had vaginal bruising but Sanchez claimed that was the result of pinching the area while she was wearing a diaper to check for waste within the diaper.
The baby's mother told police she had never witnessed Sanchez be violent with the child.
Bryan: Man charged after infant daughter suffers fractured skull, ribs
A five-week-old girl is recovering from a skull fracture, fractured ribs and bruising to her body, and police say her father is the person who caused those injuries.
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