Two dads, two shaken babies (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)

We have TWO abusive Oklahoma dads reported here, both for shaking their babies.

Dad JASON SCOTT DAY of Oklahoma City shook his 5-month-old daughter in February. The baby died of severe brain injuries. He's in jail awaiting trial on 1st-degree murder charges.

Dad SHAWN HORNER of Enid, Oklahoma has also been charged in the near-death shaking of his infant son in January. The baby was hospitalized with seizures, and was found to have brain bleeding and a possible skull fracture.

http://newsok.com/dhs-response-revealed-in-2-abuse-cases/article/3385410

DHS response revealed in 2 Oklahoma abuse cases

BY JAY F. MARKS
Published: July 15, 2009

Child welfare officials investigated reports 5-month-old Natalie Emami Day was living in a house without utilities and hadn’t seen a doctor in the months before her Feb. 5 death, according to reports released Tuesday by the state Commission on Children and Youth.

Natalie died of severe brain injuries. Her father is accused of shaking her to death in Oklahoma City. Jason Scott Day, 25, remains in the Oklahoma County jail, awaiting trial on a first-degree murder charge.

State Department of Human Services officials received two reports before the girl was rushed to the hospital Feb. 3, the commission’s report states.

One caller reported in October that the 7-week-old girl was living without utilities in a home where drugs were being abused, the report states. A second report indicated Natalie had not seen a doctor or received any immunizations since her birth.

After Natalie was hospitalized in February, DHS urged Oklahoma County prosecutors to terminate Ramona Emami’s parental rights, according to the report. Natalie died the next day.

The commission also looked into the near-death of Dalton Harger of Enid, who authorities allege was shaken by his father.

Dalton was taken to an Enid hospital in January after suffering seizures, the commission reported. He was taken to an Oklahoma City hospital after being diagnosed with brain bleeding and a possible skull fracture.

His father, Shawn Harger, 36, was charged Jan. 22 with child abuse.

The Harger family was the subject of two earlier calls to DHS, the report states. Both occurred before Dalton was born.

DHS recommended services for the family.