'AZ - Mother performs "back-cracking adjustment" leading to death of infant daughter - 8/27/24

[Clearsky]

MSN

Wanda Johnson is being held on a $1 million cash-only bond.

 

[LadyL]

unreal

 

[mickey2942]

"infant had “a brain bleed and swelling of the brain,” as well as broken ribs and cuts to her liver, among other injuries."

Doesn't sound like "cracking a back" injury to me.

 

[tlcya]

WTH??

Court papers detailed that on Monday, Johnson reportedly came to Phoenix PD for another interview, in which she demonstrated, on a doll, how she “cracked” her child’s back.
Phoenix mother intentionally ‘cracked’ infant’s back before she died, police say

she admitted to police she had zero “chiropractic training” and it was “probably reckless” to have done so. Ya think?!?

Why in heaven's name would someone think a 3 month old needed her back cracked and further what made Wanda think the method she described would accomplish that? I'm gonna say I disbelieve Ms. Johnson as to how this poor baby was injured. particularly since baby had two rib fracture that had already healed from some previous injury.
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"Wanda demonstrated how she cracked her infant child's back on an infant baby doll," court documents read. "Wanda stood up and held the doll with both arms wrapped around the torso, squeezed to put some pressure on the spine, and made a downward squeezing and shaking motion with the doll.
Phoenix mother arrested in infant daughter's 'back-cracking' death

The child was also found to have two rib fractures that had previously healed at some point during the child’s three-month life.
3-month-old baby dies after mom tries to perform a 'back cracking adjustment': Court docs

 

[wendybtn]

Whenever I come across this thread, I always want to put the word 'Mother' in quotation marks.

 

[aimeea]

WJ's Facebook: Johnson Wanda

She has 3 other kids.

 

[airportwoman]

One of my Facebook friends posted pictures of her then-newborn grandson having his first adjustment before he was a week old! He was NOT enjoying it.

She probably did that to explain harming the baby.