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Parents arrested after 3-year-old found with broken arms, bleeding brain
A man and a woman were arrested in Utah and set to be charged with felony child abuse after their child was taken to the hospital with second-degree burns.
Doctors later found more injuries, including two broken arms, bleeding in the brain, and detached retinas, according to court documents obtained by KUTV.
Daniel Mercer and Whittney Huber were arrested on Jan. 2.
Doctors told investigators that the brutal injuries all occurred over the previous two weeks.
A detective who investigated the case said that Mercer admitted to admitted to “recklessly causing the burns” to his infant daughter’s left hand. Neither parent would admit to causing the other injuries, but Mercer admitted to making threats against the child, at one point telling Huber he would “kill the baby and make her watch as the baby died.”
Huber previously lost custody of two other children after being charged with child abuse and neglect, according to a Spanish Fork Police Department report obtained by the Daily Herald.
In addition, both parents have extensive criminal histories, including drug possession, theft, and fraud.
The child was removed from her parents on Jan. 1, and was set to remain at the hospital as doctors determined a course of treatment.
“It is still to be determined whether the infant child will need surgeries of many sorts to repair the damage done to her little body,” according to the police report.
Spanish Fork parents arrested for alleged child abuse after infant hospitalized with broken bones, burns
Police say warning signs may have been missed in case of abused Utah County baby
Neighbors were concerned for baby's welfare before Utah County couple arrested for abuse
A man and a woman were arrested in Utah and set to be charged with felony child abuse after their child was taken to the hospital with second-degree burns.
Doctors later found more injuries, including two broken arms, bleeding in the brain, and detached retinas, according to court documents obtained by KUTV.
Daniel Mercer and Whittney Huber were arrested on Jan. 2.
Doctors told investigators that the brutal injuries all occurred over the previous two weeks.
A detective who investigated the case said that Mercer admitted to admitted to “recklessly causing the burns” to his infant daughter’s left hand. Neither parent would admit to causing the other injuries, but Mercer admitted to making threats against the child, at one point telling Huber he would “kill the baby and make her watch as the baby died.”
Huber previously lost custody of two other children after being charged with child abuse and neglect, according to a Spanish Fork Police Department report obtained by the Daily Herald.
In addition, both parents have extensive criminal histories, including drug possession, theft, and fraud.
The child was removed from her parents on Jan. 1, and was set to remain at the hospital as doctors determined a course of treatment.
“It is still to be determined whether the infant child will need surgeries of many sorts to repair the damage done to her little body,” according to the police report.
Spanish Fork parents arrested for alleged child abuse after infant hospitalized with broken bones, burns
Police say warning signs may have been missed in case of abused Utah County baby
Neighbors were concerned for baby's welfare before Utah County couple arrested for abuse
