Teh One Who Knocks
05-17-2022, 10:53 AM
by Gary Detman - CBS 12 News
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BAKER COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — Investigators in Northeast Florida arrested a young mother on child neglect charges and said her 8-month-old old baby suffered neglect since the day of his birth.
The investigation into 21-year-old Haylee Kent started earlier this month when doctors at Wolfson Children's Hospital in Jacksonville began treating her child for life-threatening injuries.
According to the Baker County Sheriff's Office, the boy's grandmother took the child to the hospital where doctors described him as gravely ill due to life-threatening starvation. At 8 months old, the baby had the average weight of a two-month-old baby.
In addition to the severe malnourishment, the sheriff's office said the baby had previously suffered a skull fracture.
Investigators said Kent did not visit the hospital or cooperate with the Department of Children and Families. After her arrest, she told deputies that she sometimes felt annoyed over the way her baby needed to be fed so she stopped doing it, the sheriff's office said.
Kent's baby is now recovering in foster care and gaining weight. She is facing multiple counts of child neglect with and without great bodily harm.
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BAKER COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — Investigators in Northeast Florida arrested a young mother on child neglect charges and said her 8-month-old old baby suffered neglect since the day of his birth.
The investigation into 21-year-old Haylee Kent started earlier this month when doctors at Wolfson Children's Hospital in Jacksonville began treating her child for life-threatening injuries.
According to the Baker County Sheriff's Office, the boy's grandmother took the child to the hospital where doctors described him as gravely ill due to life-threatening starvation. At 8 months old, the baby had the average weight of a two-month-old baby.
In addition to the severe malnourishment, the sheriff's office said the baby had previously suffered a skull fracture.
Investigators said Kent did not visit the hospital or cooperate with the Department of Children and Families. After her arrest, she told deputies that she sometimes felt annoyed over the way her baby needed to be fed so she stopped doing it, the sheriff's office said.
Kent's baby is now recovering in foster care and gaining weight. She is facing multiple counts of child neglect with and without great bodily harm.