The national police arrested Alcazar of San Juan (Ciudad Real) a man and a woman, parents of a three-month-old baby, accused of habitual child abuse, causing serious injuries to the skull and spinal cord.
The National Police opened the investigation following information notified by the security service. Pediatric ICU of Mancha Centro Hospitalin which the newborn had been previously treated for serious injuries and the origin of which was not determined, as reported by the Corps in a press release.
The officers’ investigation confirmed that the baby had been subjected to habitual abuse situation in the family environment (domestic violence) by both parents. Among other things, he was regularly subjected to shaken or agitated child syndrome.
In this way, the little boy would have suffered violent shocks during which the repetitive banging of the baby’s brain against the walls of the skull. Which can sometimes lead to brain damage, retinal hemorrhages and even spinal cord damage in the neck due to the excess weight of the baby’s head.
