Unidentified Toddler Girl - 2 yo - Twin Falls ID

TWIN FALLS – One man is in jail Friday, charged with aggravated
battery, after a 2-year-old’s injuries did not match up with falling
down a set of stairs.
At approximately 10 a.m., a 911 call came in from Elizabeth
Boulevard reporting that a 2-year-old female had fallen down the
stairs. The caller reported that the child was awake, but was acting
like she wanted to sleep. Paramedics arrived and transported the child
to the E.R.
At 10:47 a.m., the Twin Falls Police Department received a call from
the E.R. requesting law enforcement, as the injuries to the child were
suspicious.
After an investigation, Twin Falls Police arrested Nathan D. Mort, 30, of Twin Falls, and charged him with aggravated battery.
It is not yet known what the relationship is between Mort and the child.
The child was Life Flighted to Boise due to her injuries and is in critical condition.
Anybody with additional information about this specific incident should contact the Twin Falls Police at
311 or 735-4357.

Another Twin Falls man is in custody today on charges of aggravated battery.

Twin Falls Police arrested Nathan Mort, 30, who is accused of injuring a 2-year-old girl and putting her in critical condition.
At 10:00 am yesterday, a caller dialed 911, and said that a 2-year-old girl had fallen down the stairs in an apartment on Elizabeth Boulevard.
Paramedics arrived and drove her to the hospital.
After about 40 minutes - the ER called police department, and said, the injuries to the girl seemed suspicious.
Police investigated, and then arrested Mort.
Because of those injuries, the little girl was then life-flighted to Boise.

Idaho man sentenced for beating child



TWIN FALLS, Idaho -- A south-central Idaho man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for beating his then girlfriend's 2-year-old child.

Nathan D. Mort of Rupert was sentenced Friday in 5th District Court and must serve at least six years before he is eligible for parole. Judge Randy Stoker also fined Mort $5,000 and ordered him to pay $210,000 in restitution.

The girl was injured on Feb. 19, 2010, and Mort pleaded guilty in June to aggravated battery. Mort initially told authorities the girl fell down some stairs.

Authorities say the child was in a coma and in danger of dying after the beating.

The Times-News reports that Stoker told Mort the crime warrants punishment for punishment's sake.

http://www.ktvb.com/news/crime/S-Idaho-man-sentenced-for-beating-child-115443609.html

Rupert man gets 6 years for beating toddler

Neither retained jurisdiction nor probation was granted for Nathan Mort. Just prison.
When it was time for the 31-year-old Rupert man to make a statement Friday in Twin Falls County 5th Judicial District Court, he stood and turned to face the family of the 3-year-old girl he beat into a coma and nearly to death.
“There’s nothing I can say or do to minimize what I’ve done,” he said. “I pray she’ll forgive me for what I’ve done.”
After, Judge Randy Stoker, who said that the crime “warrants punishment for punishment’s sake,” pronounced the sentence: six to 15 years in state prison for aggravated battery. Stoker also levied a $5,000 fine and $210,085.87 in restitution. Mort will receive credit for the nearly one year he’s already served in Twin Falls County Jail.
Prior to sentencing, Twin Falls County Prosecutor Grant Loebs reviewed the events of the morning of Feb. 19, 2010, including witness testimony from Dr. Michael Sexton, who works as a child abuse pediatrician at St. Luke’s Boise Medical Center.
Sexton said the child was in a coma and in danger of dying when she was brought to Boise via air ambulance that day.
Emergency personnel responded to an apartment at 2026 Elizabeth Blvd. in Twin Falls for a report that a child had fallen down some stairs. The child, who is the daughter of Mort’s then-girlfriend, was rushed to the hospital with massive internal injuries. Investigators and doctors didn’t believe her injuries were the result of a spill down the stairs, which was Mort’s initial story.
Within hours, Mort changed that story, admitting that he punched the child multiple times in the abdomen. Mort was arrested and charged with aggravated battery and felony injury to a child. He pleaded not guilty in May, then changed his plea the next month, admitting to the battery charge. The injury to a child charge was dropped.
Loebs, who described the crime as “a particularly savage beating,” asked the court for the full 15 years of prison it could give Mort. He noted that on Feb. 19, he spent hours on the phone with law enforcement as many believed the child would die.
“Because of the doctors, we’re not here for a murder sentencing,” Loebs said.
Defense counsel William Hollifield argued for probation, or at least a 180-day retained jurisdiction program.

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