One of the Most Horrifying Child Abuse Cases of The Year

Horrifying

In Greenwood, Indiana a man has been arrested for horrifying  battery, domestic battery causing serious bodily injury, and neglect of an dependent after a skeletal exam revealed that an infant had nineteen current or healing fractured bones.

It all stated when a woman in Greenwood called police after noticing her grandchild had a burn mark on his right shin and a “knot” in the left shin. The boy’s father Colton Johnson, 22 had been ‘caring’ for the child that whole day.

The case is an extremely shocking one and shows that the father accepted responsibility for the child’s injuries. According to Fox59,

“Investigators say Johnson become emotional and stated, “I must have broken those bones.” A detective with the Greenwood Police Department reported Johnson “takes responsibility and accountability for his actions” that caused the child’s injuries.

A nurse practitioner from Riley’s Child Protection Team told investigators the child’s injuries were the “worst case of physical abuse I have ever seen.”

Disturbing, Horrifying Abuse and Neglect

The child’s injuries were extensive and the mother seemed largely unaware of them.  WDRB reported, “When asked about the other numerous injuries, investigators said the woman told them she had taken the child to the doctor four times since birth because “he had been fussy.” The mother could not provide the doctor’s name, only the name of the clinic.”

Multiple sources report that the infants injuries included:

  • The child had a broken left tibia and fibula
  • Additionally there were 19 other fractures either current or healing to both arms and legs as well as the rib cage.
  • The child suffered a burn on the same leg which the boy’s mother described as being from a “wax dab” in their bathroom. A was dab was described in court docs as being a form of marijuana requiring a “rig” and an open flame.  Apparently wax had melted and dripped into the bassinet outside the bathroom.

Police reported that they believe the abuse took place between February and mid-April. The level of abuse and neglect coupled with the parent’s evident drug use paint a bleak picture of what life must’ve been like for the child. It is unknown as of this writing whether other family have stepped forward to care for the child.

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