KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – A Kalamazoo man charged with abusing his 2-month-old son admitted in court to hitting and squeezing the baby when he was three weeks old.
WOOD TV reported on Wednesday, May 31 that Paul Morgan Preston was arraigned with five counts of first-degree child abuse last week in Kalamazoo County’s 8th District Court.
Authorities say while the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety received the report of child abuse about a week ago, a probable cause document said the abuse actually started around April 1.
A doctor at Bronson Hospital reported the suspected child abuse to KDPS on Tuesday, May 23 after the infant showed up with life-threatening injuries to include a fractured skull, tears in brain tissue, strained neck ligaments and broken ribs, arm and leg bones.
The doctor said that all injuries were in different stages of healing, meaning they happened at different times.
A probable cause hearing is scheduled for Preston on June 6 with a preliminary hearing set for June 13.
He deserves the death penalty, even though that is too easy a punishment. Someone should give him a skull fracture and brain bleed. I’m sure it will be taken care of in prison. Hope he never sees the light of day.