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An Illinois woman who kept children in an unlicensed daycare facility at her home has been indicted in the shaken baby syndrome case of a child who was under her care, according to the Quad-City Times. The state Attorney General’s Office announced today that 38-year-old Karyn McCallister was indicted for shaking the four-month-old baby, which [...]
A 7-week-old baby was found to have injuries consistent with shaken baby syndrome (abusive head trauma) after she was taken to a Wichita hospital with head trauma, according to The Wichita Eagle online. The young girl was taken to the medical center on September 16, and her mother and father, ages 21 and 26, respectively, [...]
A California couple has filed a claim for an alleged shaking of their 4-year-old son, the twin brother of a little girl who died after an alleged incident of shaken baby syndrome by a nanny three years ago, according to ABC’s News10 website. According to the article, Scott and Lorena Juceam claim that a teacher [...]
In an effort to prevent future cases of shaken baby syndrome, the state of Ohio has enacted Claire’s Law, named after the little girl, now 8, who was shaken by a babysitter as a baby and still suffers from the incident. Claire’s Law is intended to track serious cases of shaken baby syndrome in the [...]
A two-month-old girl was hospitalized for serious injuries in Tumwater, Washington, following an alleged incident of shaken baby syndrome, according to the Komo News website. Following the baby’s hospitalization on Sunday, authorities from Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital notified police that her injuries were consistent with abusive head trauma (also known as shaken baby syndrome), and [...]
