After interviewing multiple witnesses and gathering physical evidence from the home, detectives obtained enough probable cause to arrest both parents.
The investigation is ongoing and additional charges are likely.
Cocoa Parents Charged with Multiple Counts of Child Abuse Following Death of 3-Month-Old Twin - Space Coast Daily
At first, Jones is alleged to have told police that the two juveniles constantly bang their heads against bassinet lining. After further questioning, she stated that Smith used his hands to “squeeze together” the face of the children to feed them.
Jones is then alleged to have changed her statement by police, stating that Smith “bites” the children and that he picked up the infant victim by one arm, which she thinks led to an injury there.
Jones is alleged to have admitted to knowledge of some of the injuries to both children while never reporting them.
While in the booking area at the Cocoa Police Department, Jones later is alleged to have admitted to picking up victims by their leg “in a careless and reckless manner,” per the report.
Florida parents arrested after 3-month-old dies, twin sibling severely hurt, Cocoa police say
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