"Baby Jane" GIBSON - 7 Weeks - Andalusia (W of Dothan) AL

An Andalusia father was arrested Friday for allegedly inflicting
injuries consistent with “shaken baby syndrome” on his newborn daughter.Covington
County Sheriff’s Office investigator Wesley Snodgrass said the case
against Jeremy Edward Gibson, 25, began May 2 when state social workers
notified the sheriff’s office that they had received a report of child
abuse from Sacred Heart Hospital’s medical personnel.He said a
“safety plan” was immediately established with the family of the victim
until the case could be investigated, an established protocol in all
abuse cases.“The victim, which was then a 7-week-old infant,
suffered at least eight fractures to her bones, including her ribs and
legs,” Snodgrass said. “The fractures were in different stages of
healing, indicating they had occurred at different times since her
birth. She had also suffered at least one brain bleed and significant
bruising to her face.“Sacred Heart medical personnel diagnosed
her as having injuries consistent with ‘shaken baby syndrome;’ however,
since then she has been released from the hospital and is at home with
family.”Snodgrass said the child is doing “well but will require
regular follow up visits (with doctors) to ensure her continued health
treatment.”After the main portion of the interview, Snodgrass
said it was determined that the child’s father, Gibson, had caused the
injuries.Gibson is charged with one count of aggravated child
abuse, a class “B” felony, due to the “graphic extent of the injuries
and the age of the victim,” Snodgrass said.He explained why
Gibson is facing only one criminal charge, stating, “Aggravated child
abuse encompasses multiple counts of the lesser-included offenses of
torture and willful abuse of a child under 18,” he said.Gibson
confessed to committing the acts and turned himself in to the
authorities Friday, Snodgrass said.He was booked into the
Covington County Jail under a $1 million bond for the abuse charge;
however, Gibson is an Alabama probationer for a property crime
conviction.He faces an additional charge of violation of
probation and is now being held without bond.Snodgrass said the
victim’s family fully cooperated with the investigation.Sheriff
Dennis Meeks said child crimes – especially abuse – can be the most
difficult to investigate.“Oftentimes there are no witnesses to
the crime,” Meeks said.“A child, especially an infant, is
defenseless and innocent. We will continue to investigate crimes against
children and seek prosecution to the fullest extent of the law of those
who would harm or victimize children in our community.”

In my opinion, they do not need to do anymore investigating...he already said he did and he violated his probation and the chld may not be able to speak but her litte injured body says it all....

WTH was the Ff mother.???...she should be arrested too for letting this happen to a little tiny baby....Babies are supposed to be loved and held and comforted not abused and beaten....What is wrong with these people? These woman go thru 9 months of pregnancy, morning sickness, labor pains and birth and then the let someone beat their babies or they beat them too....This needs to stop....Stop hurting the innocent children. They were not asked if they should be born an adult made that choice for them, so if you bring them into the world, you should care for them not hurt them. Sorry for the Rant...makes me so angry that people can hurt a child....