Six-week-old critical after being beaten, burned and drugged
09:34 PM CST on Monday, March 3, 2008
WWLTV.com
A six-week-old baby was beaten, burned and drugged into critical condition and the child’s mother is among the suspects, all of whom were family members, according to the Bogalusa Police Department.
Video: Watch the Story According to Bogalusa Police spokesman Sergeant Darrell Darden, a babysitter noticed the child, identified as Diana Nelson, not breathing around 1:30 a.m. Darden said the sitter also noticed several marks on the child and called 911.
“The baby had a lot of head trauma, hemorraghing, burns on her arms several marks and drugs in her system,” said Darden.
The child was brought to Children’s Hospital in New Orleans where doctors will perform some brain activity tests in the morning.
According to Bogalusa Police, the baby has a sibling who has been treated at the hospital before, though they would not say whether that treatment was for abuse.