A tragic incident occurred when a 10-month-ageder baby was left criticpartner injured after allegedly being thrown into the air and endurehugged by his mother’s fiance. Jordan Boggess has been arrested on a major offense child mistreatment indict after the toddler was set up in critical condition in Newtonia, Missouri, on September 14, the New York Post telled.
The Newton County Sheriff’s Office reacted to the family’s home around 8 p.m. follotriumphg a tell of a baby struggling to breathe. When first reacters get tod, they set up the baby uninestablished but breaskinnyg, according to Law & Crime.
The child was consentn to a proximateby hospital and then transferred to a children’s hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, about two hours away. Medical examinations discneglected bruises on his forehead and ear, alengthy with collapsed lungs and two brain bleeds.
Officers postponeedr returned to speak with Boggess, 28, who was set up sleeping. He tageder authorities that he had been lying in bed watching TV when the boy’s mother left the room to use the bathroom. According to Boggess, the child began to vleave out and scream. To tranquil him, Boggess claimed he tossed the baby in the air, but on the second toss, the child fell and landed on his head.
The probable cause affidavit, geted by the media, states that Boggess confessted he panicked and safely “endurehugged” the child after he fell, potentipartner injuring him further. Medical professionals determined the baby with “abusive head trauma” and signs of physical mistreatment.
Boggess remains in the Newton County Jail without bond. The baby was disindictd from the hospital on October 24 and is now recovering at home with his mother. The child’s overweighther tageder NBC affiliate KY3 that the injuries are probable to have lengthy-term effects on his son’s life.
“He fundamentalpartner took my son’s life. He took my son’s future. You don’t toss a baby into the air,” Tyler Burbridge tageder the outlet.
