Medical social workers are almost always involved in cases of child abuse resulting in severe brain damage - be it from shaken baby syndrome or abusive head trauma. As soon as an emergency department provider suspects that the head trauma was intentionally inflicted, they will almost always simultaneously order both the requisite neurological consults and [...]
After being taken to a medical center by his grandmother for head injuries and difficulty breathing, a two-month-old boy was airlifted to a children’s medical center in Salt Lake City and placed on life support, according to The Spectrum online. The injuries sustained by the infant were consistent with shaken baby syndrome, and police arrested [...]
A day care provider from Talbot County, Maryland, has been arrested in connection with the shaken baby death of a nine-month old boy she cared for in her home, according to the WBOC 16 news website. Police say that 911 received a call from Gail Dobson, 52, on September 2, who requested an ambulance and [...]
An Indiana father who allegedly abused and shook his infant twins over two years ago was recently arrested for aggravated battery and neglect (two counts of each), according to The Herald Bulletin. According to the then 3-month-old twins’ mother, she left the twins in thirty-one-year-old Antonio S. Jones’ care while she was on a trip [...]
A 23-year-old father has been charged with aggravated child abuse and first-degree murder for allegedly shaking his 2 1/2-month-old daughter in Winter Springs, Florida, according to the Orlando Sentinel. Ventrel Gammons was with baby Samiyah over two years ago while the baby’s mother was away, and the child reportedly stopped breathing. Upon medical examination, it [...]
The mother of a baby boy who was allegedly shaken by a stepfather or another caregiver is being investigated by the Department of Children and Families, according to the News-Press website. Although the mother was not the one arrested in connection with the serious head injury suffered by the 8-month-old boy, she is being questioned [...]
After the death of his two-month-old son, the father of the baby boy has been charged with child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury and fatality in connection with the son’s severe head injuries, according to the Dastardly Dads website. The site reports that police received a call from the boy’s home on August 10th [...]
Billy Bob Thornton’s oldest daughter was indicted on multiple charges Wednesday, June 24, for shaking a baby who was under her care in central Florida in October 2008. Among the charges for 29-year-old Amanda Brumfield are first-degree murder, aggravated manslaughter, and aggravated child abuse, despite Brumfield’s story that the child’s death was an accident.
Brumfield reportedly [...]
Although certain factors may increase the likelihood that a child may become a victim of abusive head trauma (also called shaken baby syndrome), shaken baby syndrome can occur in any place, at any time, and under the care of any person. As a result, it is important to know the common signs and symptoms of [...]
A former day care owner from Indiana has been charged with battery that resulted in child fatality after a doctor determined that the 6-month-old, who had been under her care, died from injuries to the head. The type of traumatic brain injury suffered by the child typically occurs when a child is shaken, as in [...]
