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Infant Shows Improvement After Alleged Abuse
Foster Mother Charged With Abuse Of Baby Boy
POSTED: 3:51 pm EST November 1, 2005
UPDATED: 4:31 pm EST November 1, 2005
WASHINGTON -- An 8-week-old baby is starting to show signs of improvement after a case of alleged abuse.
The Washington Times reported the baby was removed from a ventilator Monday and is breathing on his own.
According to court documents, the baby's foster mother, Tonya Jenkins, dropped, shook and hit the infant (triple play nigga!!) because he would not stop crying inside an apartment on Bass Circle in Southeast Washington.
Jenkins has been charged with child abuse.
The baby suffered brain damage, and doctors are looking at a long-term recovery plan.http://www.nbc4.com/news/5225238/detail.html
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Abused boy 'will never be
normal,' court told
A 2-month-old boy whose foster mother is accused of shaking, slapping and dropping him on his head last month suffers from such severe brain damage that he will never be able to function normally, a Metropolitan Police detective testified yesterday.
In a preliminary hearing in D.C. Superior Court, Detective Henry Gerald testified that the infant, identified as Rafael, "suffers from severe brain damage, he is blind, he has no motor skills."
"He is partially blind as result of the abuse. He is being fed intravenously, and the child will never be a normal child as we know it," said Detective Gerald, the lead investigator in the case.
He said Rafael's foster mother -- Tonya Jenkins, 37, of Southeast -- was intoxicated when much of the abuse occurred and her boyfriend, Albert Montgomery, also shook the infant once.
Mrs. Jenkins is charged with a felony count of first-degree cruelty to children and is being held without bond
. She could face up to 15 years in prison.
She appeared in a blue prison uniform at her hearing and showed no visible emotion during testimony.
Detective Gerald said investigators interviewed Mrs. Jenkins for about 41/2 hours Oct. 25, when she was arrested and charged.
She was "very nonchalant about the whole incident," he said, adding that she laughed, cried and appeared "initially not concerned" during different periods in the interview. CFSA officials said this month they are developing a long-term care plan for Rafael, who will need a gastrointestinal tube REPLACEed "indefinitely."
The infant, who was exposed to cocaine before birth, is at Children's Hospital and will remain in the care of CFSA until officials can find someone to adopt him.
Foster Mother Charged With Abuse Of Baby Boy
POSTED: 3:51 pm EST November 1, 2005
UPDATED: 4:31 pm EST November 1, 2005
WASHINGTON -- An 8-week-old baby is starting to show signs of improvement after a case of alleged abuse.
The Washington Times reported the baby was removed from a ventilator Monday and is breathing on his own.
According to court documents, the baby's foster mother, Tonya Jenkins, dropped, shook and hit the infant (triple play nigga!!) because he would not stop crying inside an apartment on Bass Circle in Southeast Washington.
Jenkins has been charged with child abuse.
The baby suffered brain damage, and doctors are looking at a long-term recovery plan.http://www.nbc4.com/news/5225238/detail.html
:smash::smash:
Abused boy 'will never be
normal,' court told
A 2-month-old boy whose foster mother is accused of shaking, slapping and dropping him on his head last month suffers from such severe brain damage that he will never be able to function normally, a Metropolitan Police detective testified yesterday.
In a preliminary hearing in D.C. Superior Court, Detective Henry Gerald testified that the infant, identified as Rafael, "suffers from severe brain damage, he is blind, he has no motor skills."
"He is partially blind as result of the abuse. He is being fed intravenously, and the child will never be a normal child as we know it," said Detective Gerald, the lead investigator in the case.
He said Rafael's foster mother -- Tonya Jenkins, 37, of Southeast -- was intoxicated when much of the abuse occurred and her boyfriend, Albert Montgomery, also shook the infant once.
Mrs. Jenkins is charged with a felony count of first-degree cruelty to children and is being held without bond
. She could face up to 15 years in prison.
She appeared in a blue prison uniform at her hearing and showed no visible emotion during testimony.
Detective Gerald said investigators interviewed Mrs. Jenkins for about 41/2 hours Oct. 25, when she was arrested and charged.
She was "very nonchalant about the whole incident," he said, adding that she laughed, cried and appeared "initially not concerned" during different periods in the interview. CFSA officials said this month they are developing a long-term care plan for Rafael, who will need a gastrointestinal tube REPLACEed "indefinitely."
The infant, who was exposed to cocaine before birth, is at Children's Hospital and will remain in the care of CFSA until officials can find someone to adopt him.