"Baby Jane" McGUIN - 5 Months (2009) - Ross County (S of Columbus) OH

A Ross County man who lost his temper while babysitting his infant
daughter will spend the next seven years in prison.

Christopher McGuin, 21, of 236 Toad Hollow Road, was charged with
felonious assault and endangering children.

Before imposing the
sentence Thursday, Common Pleas Judge Scott Nusbaum told McGuin he
couldn’t understand what was going through his mind to make him cause
physical harm to his daughter.

“You’ve taken responsibility for
your actions. I can’t understand how a person can cause such serious
physical harm to a young girl. It’s beyond me,” Nusbaum said.

According
to the initial report, the incident came to light in October 2009 when
the mother took her then 5-month-old daughter to the doctor for a
checkup. Doctors said the child’s head was extremely swollen and
recommended she go to Nationwide
Children’s Hospital in Columbus.

Children’s Services was notified
of a potential abuse case and contacted law enforcement. The child was
diagnosed later with shaken baby syndrome.

While being
interviewed by a polygraph specialist, McGuin said he was babysitting
his daughter for his girlfriend while she was at school. The two were
playing around, when something made him angry and he tossed the infant
into a baby bouncer. The child bounced back and hit her leg and the leg
of the bed.

McGuin said knew something wasn’t right with her
because she was breathing funny and making a wheezing sound. After
failed attempts of trying to get the child to stop crying, he became
upset and grabbed her by the armpits and slammed her down on the bed
twice.

The child’s eyes began to cross immediately after the
impact.

McGuin told the polygraph specialist he didn’t tell his
girlfriend about what happened because he was afraid of being kept from
seeing his daughter and was afraid of being charged criminally.