Monday, August 14th:
*Arraignment Hearing (@ 1:30pm MT) – CO - 29 day old baby boy with three broken ribs, right humerus fractured in two places, left fractured femur, "Buckle" fractures of the right & left tibia (bone bends but are not fully broken), black eye, bruises to chin, cheek, elbow & inside of mouth and significant traumatic brain injury on Sept. 20, 2017 & died on Dec., 2023 in Aurora. *Taja Shannon () indicted & charged (May, 2023) with child abuse resulting in death & accessory to a crime.
Eddie Meyers & Taja Shannon, the boy's mother, were both indicted in May. Meyers is charged with first-degree murder & child abuse resulting in death. Shannon is charged with child abuse resulting in death & accessory to a crime. According to the indictment, Meyers brought the couple's 29-day-old son to main the entrance of Children's Hospital in Aurora on Sept. 20, 2017. When they arrived, according to the court documents, Meyers stood for several minutes in the vestibule outside the lobby holding the child, who was wrapped in a blanket. He was approached by an officer who asked what he was waiting for & Meyers responded that he was waiting for his girlfriend to park & come inside. Hospital staff examined the child & determined he had multiple injuries that were "non-accidental," the indictment says. They included: Three broken ribs, right humerus fractured in two places, left fractured femur, "Buckle" fractures of the right & left tibia (bone bends but are not fully broken), black eye, bruises to chin, cheek, elbow & inside of mouth and significant traumatic brain injury.
7/14/23 Update: Arraignment hearing on 8/14/23 @ 1:30pm.
*Eddie Meyers - Status conference hearing on 9/18/23.