VERMILLION COUNTY- Vermillion County Police say that on July 13th around 9 p.m. they were called by the Indiana Department of Child Services, of a possible child abuse case at Union Hospital in Terre Haute.
The DCS Family Case Manager reported that a two-month old child was brought into the Emergency room with several broken bones.
Officers spoke with the mother of the infant. 21 year old Elexis J. King of Clinton blamed another toddler child for the injuries.
The infant was transferred to Riley’s Hospital of Indianapolis for further specialized tests and treatment. The staff advised that the two-month old had four broken bones:
- Fracture of the right humerus
- Distal right radius and ulna fractures
- Right distal femur fracture
- Left tibia and fibula fracture (healing from previous injury)
- Left humerus fracture (healing from previous injury)
According to the hospital records, the injuries to the infant were inconsistent with the statements by King about how the injuries occurred.
Indiana State Police Detectives interviewed King and after their investigation came to an end an arrest warrant was issued.
King was arrested and is being held in the Vermillion County Jail on $50,000 bond.
He faces charges of domestic battery resulting in serious bodily injury to a person under 14.