CONSTANTINE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — A 20-year-old Constantine woman is being held in the St. Joseph County Jail after her seven month old baby girl had to be treated for multiple-skull fractures.
Doctors at Three Rivers Hospital became suspicious when the young mother told them that the child had rolled off the couch at their home at Elm Tree Apartments.
The injuries were not consistent with that kind of accident and they called police.
She apparently told investigators that she had become angry and frustrated with the baby and shook it, and accidentally hit the baby’s head against a wall.
She is being held for first degree child abuse.
The father of the child is charged with failing to report the incident or protect the child.
