AIDEN CARO - 4 months -(2010) Shepherdsville KY

SHEPHERDSVILLE, KY - A four-month-old Bullitt County baby is
on life support and his mother's boyfriend is behind bars accused of
beating him. The baby's twin brother is also in intensive care at
Kosair Children's Hospital.
Eighteen-year-old Samuel David Harris of Louisville is in the
Bullitt County Detention Center charged with assault. If the baby boy
dies, Harris will be charged with murder.
"These are babies that were very, very loved," said the twins' aunt,
Conny Spann. "It's been pretty devastating. They just now were getting
to where they were laughing, you know, smiling at you and recognizing
you, things that make them laugh and things that make them cry."
Now one of her nephews is on life support in intensive care after
investigators say he had been severely beaten by their mother's
boyfriend at the Whispering Oaks Mobile Home Park.
According to a police document, Harris got mad because the baby was
crying and tossed him onto the couch. The baby hit his head and Harris
started shaking him. The baby's brother was also brought to the
hospital to be checked out.
"He's got some severe injuries also to him - trauma to the head,
some internal injuries in the stomach and some bones that look like
they've been broken in the past," said Lt. Scotty McGaha with the
Bullitt County Sheriff's Office.
That baby is expected to recover, but McGaha says doctors found evidence this kind of abuse has been going on for awhile.
"The question is is the prior injuries to these children," McGaha
said. "Was it him? Was it somebody else? And that's part of the
investigation that's ongoing."
Also part of the ongoing investigation is the twins' mother. But no charges have been filed against her.
Harris was in court Wednesday morning where he pleaded not guilty. He is being held on a $500,000 cash bond.

SHEPHERDSVILLE, KY - A Bullitt County man accused of abusing
his girlfriend's baby to death was back in court Tuesday morning. A
judge found there's enough evidence in the case against 18-year-old
Samuel David Harris to move forward with a trial.
During the hearing, Harris heard the evidence against him. He is
accused of throwing four-month-old baby Aiden on a couch because the
infant would not stop crying. He hit his head on the frame and
investigators say Harris then started shaking him.
Aiden died last week after being taken off life support. The coroner
says he died from severe head trauma and battered baby syndrome. Family
and friends of the baby's mother reacted outside the courtroom.
"How somebody could touch a child, any child is beyond belief," said Heather Allen. "He's an abomination to human society."
Harris' family was also there for the hearing.
"He loves those kids, he would never do nothing to intentionally hurt the babies," said Samuel Harris, Sr.
Authorities say Aiden's twin brother was also abused, but no one has
been charged for those injuries. Harris is being held at the Bullitt
County Detention Center on $1 million bond.

Man accused of beating infant to death appears in court



Man accused of beating infant to death appears in court


WHAS11.com

Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:34 PM


(WHAS11) - In Bullitt County, a man accused of beating a 4-month-old to death appeared in court Wednesday.
It was a pre-trial conference for 18-year-old Samuel Harris.
He's accused of beating his girlfriend's baby to death in January of last year.
The boy's mother, 18-year-old Courtney Caro, has already pleaded guilty to criminal abuse charges.
She was sentenced to 5 years.
http://www.whas11.com/home/Man-accused-of-beating-116769509.html

Bullitt Co. teen pleads guilty to manslaughter, abuse charges

Posted: Sep 16, 2011 9:31 AM CDT
Updated: Sep 20, 2011 12:09 PM CDT

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Bullitt County teenager accused of killing his girlfriend's son pleaded guilty Friday morning.

Samuel Harris was accused of attacking 4-month-old twins. He allegedly threw Aiden Caro down on a couch when the child wouldn't stop crying. Aiden died at the hospital.

According to Bullitt County Detective Scotty McGaha, as part of a plea deal Harris pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter in Aiden's death. He also entered an Alford plea to first-degree criminal abuse of Aiden's brother Braden. Harris agreed that the sentences would be served one after the other, for a total sentence of 20 years.

Harris has still not been officially sentenced. The judge in the case has to agree to the plea deal.

Final sentencing is expected to take place on Oct. 17 at 1 p.m.

http://www.wdrb.com/story/15479246/bullitt-co-teen-pleads-guilty-to-manslaughter-abuse-charges

Bullitt County child abuse suspect sentenced

Posted: Oct 17, 2011 5:04 PM CDT
Updated: Oct 24, 2011 5:04 PM CDT
By Charles Gazaway - email

SHEPHERDSVILLE, KY (WAVE) - A deadly child abuse case in Bullitt County has come to an end with the sentencing of the man who pled guilty to the crime.

Last month, Samuel Harris entered his guilty to manslaughter charges in the death of his former girlfriend's four-month old son, Aiden Caro.

Prosecutors initially charged Harris with murder after police say he threw the boy across a room in January 2010. Aiden died from severe head trauma and battered baby syndrome.

A judge sentenced Harris to 20 years in prison.

http://www.wave3.com/story/15715050/bullitt-county-child-abuse-suspect-sentenced