Yup folks, we have another dastardly case of paternal amnesia! Dad was "home alone" with the baby when the baby SUDDENLY DEVELOPS, right out of the blue, bleeding on the brain, rib fractures, and severely damaged retinas--all the symptoms usually associated with an infant that's been violently shaken. The baby subsequently developed severe breathing problems (another classic symptom of violent shaking), and was hospitalized in critical condition.
But Dad just "does not know" what caused the baby's injuries, you see. Must be some of those "masked intruders" we've been hearing so much about as of late. Or those Black guys who break into the homes of white people, with the single nefarious purpose of assaulting white babies! But then they do some voodoo thing that erases Daddy's memory first, don't ya know. Mmm. yea.
But I guess those masked intruders or Black guys won't get in too much trouble--at least with Daddy--because Daddy's insisting the injuries aren't "permanent" or anything anyway. Never mind that the kid barely survived and was just taken off the ventillator.
Is your bullsh** meter running off the scale yet?
http://www.southtownstar.com/news/2147151,040810schuit.article
Tinley dad pleads innocent to felony child abuse charges
April 8, 2010
BY AMY LEE
A Tinley Park father accused of shaking his infant son so violently in December the baby suffered brain damage pleaded innocent to two felony child abuse charges Wednesday morning.
Jason Schuit, 30, of 7311 Sandalwood Drive, was indicted in March on two counts of aggravated battery to a child and remains free on bond.
Schuit was home alone with the baby Dec. 19, court records show. About 7 p.m., he called 911 and said the boy was not breathing.
The indictment states Schuit shook the 2 1 / 2 -month-old infant with such force it "caused permanent disability" to the child.
Schuit denies the charges and claims the child suffers no permanent injuries. Schuit, who also has a toddler son, claims he does not know what caused the infant's injuries.
At the time of Schuit's arrest, authorities said the boy was in critical condition at Hope Children's Hospital in Oak Lawn, where he was diagnosed with bleeding in his brain, rib fractures and severely damaged retinas.
The baby had minimal brain activity, was connected to a ventilator and feeding tube and had no independent movement, court records show.
The boy's condition is improving and he is no longer on a ventilator, according to Schuit.
The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services has investigated and found allegations of abuse against Schuit and the child's mother, spokesman Kendall Marlowe said. The mother has not been charged with a crime. DCFS had no previous contact with the family and both children are in the care of relatives, Marlowe said.
The infant received treatment at Hope Children's Hospital shortly before the alleged abuse occurred on Dec. 19. Schuit's attorney, Zachary Bravo, has said the infant underwent surgery just three days before the alleged abuse occurred. The surgery was to correct a narrow opening between the stomach and the intestines.
Schuit is barred from having any contact with the infant son but is allowed supervised telephone conversations with his older child, a 3-year-old son.
Schuit is due back in court on May 10 in Bridgeview.
Bravos, of Wheaton, declined to comment beyond stating no "good" medical evidence exists to support the allegations of Shaken Baby Syndrome.
