February 10, 2011
A Fort Wayne man is accused of causing skull fractures to a 6-month-old child he was caring for last year.
A Fort Wayne man is accused of causing skull fractures to a 6-month-old child he was caring for last year.
Marquise T. Holmes, 22, was formally charged with battery and neglect of a dependent.
Paramedics were called June 3 to a city home where they found an unconscious infant. According to court documents, hospital tests showed the baby boy had multiple skull fractures – some that were fresh, others that appeared to be in various stages of healing.
The baby’s mother said she had left him in Holmes’ care. Holmes told police the infant at some point had a seizure, then said he didn’t know whether it was a seizure but that the child’s eyes rolled back into his head and he was “out of it,” according to court documents.
The child survived.
Doctors told police the injuries were consistent with shaken baby syndrome, according to court documents.
http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20110210/LOCAL/302109974/1002/LOCAL
Paramedics were called June 3 to a city home where they found an unconscious infant. According to court documents, hospital tests showed the baby boy had multiple skull fractures – some that were fresh, others that appeared to be in various stages of healing.
The baby’s mother said she had left him in Holmes’ care. Holmes told police the infant at some point had a seizure, then said he didn’t know whether it was a seizure but that the child’s eyes rolled back into his head and he was “out of it,” according to court documents.
The child survived.
Doctors told police the injuries were consistent with shaken baby syndrome, according to court documents.
http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20110210/LOCAL/302109974/1002/LOCAL
