NC - Mildred Chestnut, 23, Brandon Augustine, 24, Charlotte, left 4 month old at hospital, charged with felony child abuse, 18 Mar 2023

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Couple accused of abusing 4-month-old in custody months after ditching their car in Cobb County

Police said they were each charged with felony child abuse, inflicting serious injury.

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Couple accused of abusing 4-month-old in custody months after ditching their car in Cobb County

Police said they were each charged with felony child abuse, inflicting serious injury.

www.wsbtv.com

Lovely to read this at the end of that article:

Newell learned that the baby is now in foster care and will make a full recovery.

 

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Although this still says otherwise:

On Friday, investigators said the child has extensive brain injuries.

Also:

Jail records show that Chestnut was released from jail on Friday morning, while Augustine remains in custody under a $50,000 secured bond, which was increased from $15,000. He is also required to wear electronic monitoring.

Parents wanted for abusing 4-month-old arrested in Mint Hill

Police said they took their 4-month-old son to a Charlotte hospital on March 20 and fled the state while he was still receiving care.

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Also interesting:

Augustine was arrested after ordering food at the McDonald's on Lawyers Road in Mint Hill around 8 p.m., Lt. Jim Ivie said. Chestnut was arrested a short time later when detectives found her inside a tent in the woods nearby. He said it was unclear how long they'd been in the camp, but said it was "at least" a few days.

"They had been on the run in Georgia, through South Carolina and made it back to this area," Ivie said.

Unfortunately I think the article earlier that said the child was in foster care and would make a full recovery has got to be wrong. Another article did confirm the child was safe, but all the others are indicating major injuries that the child won't fully recover from.

"We as an agency, and I personally am very disappointed in the bond amounts," Ivie said. "I think that despite not only considering the extensive resources that law enforcement expended to find these two who are running, but also that you have a 4-month-old child who didn't even have a chance at life who has been injured so that their life will never be the same, and they're giving such a low amount so that they can get right out of jail."

https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/c...ina/275-6d7378af-e846-4555-8030-eae3113077ab/