Monday, June 20, 2011

Dad confesses to abuse of 3-month-old son (Greenwood, South Carolina)

Dad JUSTIN BOWMAN has confessed that he violently shook his 3-month-old son when the baby got "fussy" during a bath. Where was Mom while Daddy was doing all this "caretaking"? Working?

http://www.wyff4.com/r/28278314/detail.html

Deputies: Father Confesses To Shaken Baby Crime
Infant Taken To Hospital With Bleeding Brain
POSTED: 10:52 pm EDT June 17, 2011
UPDATED: 7:05 am EDT June 20, 2011

GREENWOOD, S.C. -- A Greenwood County man is charged with unlawful conduct toward a child.

Investigators with the Greenwood Sheriff's Office said that Justin Bowman confessed to shaking his 3-month-old son when he became fussy during a bath.

The child was taken to a hospital on Sunday, with bleeding on the brain and blood behind the eyes.

The infant has been released, but doctors said they are not sure of the long-term effects.