Baby in critical condition, dad charged with aggravated assault (Calhoun, Georgia)

Dad WILLIAM STANELY CORNETT was on probation for previous (violent?) "criminal convictions"--but was still alllowed to take care of a baby who was practically a newborn? What happened to this baby's mother? Lots of unanswered questions here.

http://www.calhountimes.com/view/full_story/17194550/article-Baby-in-critical-condition--father-charged-with-aggravated-assault?instance=home_local_news

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Baby in critical condition, father charged with aggravated assault
Calhoun Times Jan 17, 2012

A 2-month-old infant is in the hospital in critical condition following a report last week of a severely injured child.

According to the Gordon County Sheriff’s Office:

Father of the infant William Stanley Cornett, 28, of Plainville, has been charged with aggravated assault and cruelty to children in the first degree.

On Wednesday afternoon, January 11, the Sheriff’s Office received a report of a severely injured infant at Cornett’s home in Plainville. The 2-month-old was taken to Floyd Medical Center in Rome, and was later airlifted to the Scottish Rite Children’s Hospital in Atlanta that same evening.

As of Sunday, January 16, the baby remained in critical condition at Scottish Rite.

The Sheriff’s Office said Cornett was on probation for previous criminal convictions in Floyd County and now remains at the Gordon County Jail pending judicial proceedings. A bond was denied for Cornett by the Magistrate Court on Saturday, January 15.