The National Police has arrested in Alcázar de San Juan (Royal City) a man and a woman, parents of a three-month-old baby, accused of habitual abuse towards the childwhich caused serious injuries to the skull and spinal cord.
The National Police began the investigation following information notified by the pediatric ICU service of the Mancha Centro Hospital, where the newborn had previously been treated for a injuries that were serious and whose origin was not determined, as reported by the National Police in a press release.
The agents’ investigations confirmed that the baby had been subjected to a situation of habitual abuse in the family (domestic violence) by both parents. Among others, he would have been regularly subjected to shaken or agitated child syndrome.
In this way, the child supposedly suffered strong shocks in which the repetitive knocking of the baby’s brain against the walls of the skull It can sometimes lead to brain injuries, retinal bleeding and even injuries to the spinal cord at neck level due to the excessive weight of the baby’s head.