"Baby John" CONNERS - 2 Months - Murfreesboro TN

Murfreesboro man was arrested on aggravated child abuse charges
Tuesday after detectives investigated injuries to his infant son.An
arrest report filed by Murfreesboro Detective Wayne Lawson said that on
Dec. 15, he and Detective Tommy Roberts began the investigation after
Justin Conners’ two-month-old son was taken to Vanderbilt University
Medical Center after having seizures.“The
child had extensive injuries that included two subdural bleeds that
were caused by abusive head trauma. The two injuries were shown to have
occurred on two different occasions,” Lawson reported, adding that the
infant had at least one rib fracture that was shown to be in the healing
stages at the time he was admitted to the hospital.Two
days later, the detectives interviewed the child’s parents, who denied
any knowledge of the injuries. Earlier this week, the detectives
interviewed the father alone. Justin Connors, 19, admitted to shaking
the infant on Dec. 14 “because the child was crying. He stated that he
‘lost his temper’ and was unaware he had injured the child until the
child started having seizures later that evening,” Lawson reported.The
report also stated that the father had no explanation for the previous
injuries, other than that the child fell off the couch at about four or
five weeks of age. The infant is still hospitalized at Vanderbilt.Connors
is being held at the Rutherford County Jail on $12,500 bond and is
scheduled to appear in Rutherford County General Sessions Court Jan. 13.