"Newborn Jane" AMIR - 10 Weeks/ Accused: Mother- Ayesha - Salt Lake City UT

SALT LAKE CITY — A medical examination of a
10-week old girl that revealed a right leg broken in two places, old rib
fractures and a fresh break in her pelvic bone has led to five felony
charges being filed against her mother.

A doctor told Salt Lake police investigators that such a fracture of
the pelvic area was rare — absent the "severe" amount of force that
would come with an automobile accident, according to court documents.

The examination also revealed bruises on the forehead, knees, chest
and toes of the daughter of Ayesha Yousuf Amir, 33, of Salt Lake City.

Police say Amir took her daughter to Primary Children's Medical Center
Wednesday to be treated for a possible broken leg.

The mother told police the baby was crying "uncontrollably" all night
on Wednesday. She said the baby didn't fall down, but she did swaddle the child "very tight."

She also told police the "child had not felt well and had been a lot
more fussy and crying" over the past two to three weeks, charges stated.

The charges, all second-degree felony counts of child abuse, were
filed Thursday in 3rd District Court. Amir's bail has been set at $200,000.
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A woman remained in Salt Lake County
jail on Thursday, accused of child abuse after her baby daughter was
found to have suffered numerous broken bones after purportedly being
"swaddled."

Ayesha Yousuf Amir, 33, of Salt Lake City,
was being held without bail following her arrest Wednesday afternoon.
Police also learned that the Pakistani woman’s U.S. visa had expired in
March 2010, according to a probable cause statement. She was formally
charged in Third District Court Thursday with five counts of child
abuse, all second-degree felonies.

Police say Amir had taken her 10-week-old
daughter to Primary Children’s Medical Center on Wednesday to be treated
for a possible broken leg. However, doctors found that injury and
several others, ranging from fractures to her leg and pelvis to multiple
broken ribs, all in various stages of healing, according to the
criminal complaint. Doctors said the baby also had a bruise on her
forehead above her nose, bruising on her chest and a bruise on her toes,
according to the complaint.

Police say Amir admitted to "swaddling" — the
ancient practice of wrapping an infant in cloth to restrict limb
movement — "very hard and pulling [her] legs." The mother told officers
that the infant had been "a lot more fussy and crying during the past
two to three weeks, which is consistent with the time frame of the
injuries," the probable cause statement reads.
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