Dad ANDREW JOHNSTON has been charged with aggravated child abuse. His 1-month-old son was so badly abused that he suffered a stroke en route to the hospital. No mention of Mom. Wonder if Daddy was "caretaking" while she was working or something.
INVISIBLE MOTHER ALERT.
http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=13359794
Infant Suffers Stroke Following Abuse; Father Arrested
Posted: Oct 20, 2010 4:31 PM CDT
BEDFORD COUNTY, Tenn. - A Bedford County man has been arrested for allegedly abusing his infant son so severely that the child suffered a stroke.
Andrew Johnston was charged with aggravated child abuse.
Investigators said Johnston called for an ambulance and said his one-month-old son was unresponsive.
At the hospital, doctors discovered a brain hemorrhage, and airlifted the baby to Vanderbilt. The child suffered a stroke en route, and medics also discovered broken ribs and fingerprint marks.
The baby remains hospitalized at Vanderbilt.
Johnston was held on $100,000 bond.