"Baby John" YOUMANS - 5 Months - Gardnerville (S of Carson City) NV

The parents of a five-month-baby boy were jailed Sunday on $25,000 bail
each after the infant was hospitalized for what an emergency room
doctor said looked like “ongoing child abuse.”
According to court reports, a doctor at Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center who examined
the baby on Sunday said the child had fractures of his skull, ribs, and
arms, and burns on his buttocks and the heels and bottoms of his feet.
His ears and face also were bruised.
Jeremy Taylor, 28, and Marie Youmans, 27, of the Gardnerville Ranchos, were jailed on suspicion of
child abuse. They are to be arraigned on Wednesday in East Fork
Justice Court when they will hear the charges against them.
The baby was transferred to Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno.
Deputies were contacted by the hospital after the infant's parents and
grandparents brought the baby in for what they said was a rash.
The physician said the fractures were in various stages of healing and
could be one week to one month old.
According to reports, the grandmother told deputies she had been concerned about the baby's
welfare for months. She said he appeared to have bruising around his
face and “didn't look right. He was pale and pasty, and had scratches
and bruising on his knees, elbows, cheeks and eyes.”
She told deputies she and the baby's grandfather insisted the parents bring the
child to the hospital.
She said on July 7, the parents took the baby to his doctor who said he was
malnourished and required medication and an improved diet.
The grandmother also said she had observed
Youmans allegedly drop the baby after she picked him up from his crib.
Taylor refused to talk with deputies, according to reports.
Youmans said she had primary responsibility for the baby's care but denied that
she or her husband injured the infant. She said she didn't know what happened to her son.

The parents of a 5-month-old boy were charged Wednesday with felony
child abuse after an emergency room doctor said the infant suffered
multiple fractures, burns and bruises.

Jeremy Taylor, 28, and Marie Youmans, 27, appeared briefly Wednesday before an
East Fork Justice to hear the charges against them.
They each are accused of child abuse or neglect causing substantial bodily harm from
May 1-July 11.
The charge carries punishment ranging from probation to up to 20 years in prison upon conviction.
The complaint says the suspects caused or permitted the child to suffer
fractures to his skull, arms and ribs, multiple abrasions and bruising
throughout the body, and burns to his buttocks, legs and or feet.
The parents are being held in Douglas County Jail on $25,000 bail each.
The judge appointed lawyer Derrick Lopez to represent Taylor and lawyer Kris
Brown for Youmans. Young and Brown also are representing them in child
protective proceedings in district court.
Their next court appearance is July 21.
Deputies were contacted early Sunday by
Carson-Tahoe Regional Healthcare after the infant's parents and
grandparents brought the baby in for what they said was a rash.
The physician said the fractures were in various stages of healing and
could be one week to one month old.
The baby was transferred to Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno.
According to reports, the grandmother told deputies she had been concerned about the baby's
welfare for months.
She told deputies she and the baby's grandfather insisted the parents bring the child to the hospital.
On July 7, the parents took the baby to his doctor who said he was
malnourished and required medication and an improved diet.
The grandmother also said she had observed Youmans allegedly drop the baby
after she picked him up from his crib.
Taylor refused to talk with deputies, according to reports.
Youmans said she had primary
responsibility for the baby's care but denied that she or her husband
injured the infant. She said she didn't know what happened to her son.
She said Taylor bathed the baby on Friday night and his skin looked “kind
of pink” on Saturday.
Prosecutor Laurie Trotter said she was not
permitted to discuss facts of the case which is still under investigation.

An Aug. 13 preliminary hearing has been set
for a Douglas County couple accused of abusing and seriously injuring
their five-month-old son.

28-year-old Jeremy Taylor and
27-year-old Marie Youmans each are charged with felony child abuse or
neglect causing substantial bodily harm.

They deny hurting the child.

Taylor and Youmans were arrested last month
after they brought the baby to Carson Tahoe Regional Healthcare because
they said he had a rash.

An emergency room doctor said the infant suffered multiple fractures, burns and bruises indicating a lengthy pattern of abuse.

Both remain jailed on $25,000 bail.

Records show the child is under the supervision of state Child Protective Services and is living with Taylor's parents.

A Gardnerville Ranchos couple accused of causing multiple fractures and
other injuries to their infant son are expected to plead guilty to the
allegations Sept. 7 in District Court.
Jeremy Taylor, 28, and Marie Youmans, 27, waived their rights to a
preliminary hearing Friday in East Fork Justice Court.
In an agreement with the district attorney's office, each defendant must
plead guilty to attempted child abuse causing substantial bodily harm
from May 1-July 11.
In exchange for their pleas, a more serious felony charge will be amended.
Prosecutor Laurie Trotter said both sides would be free to argue at sentencing.
“The plea is contingent on both agreeing to plead guilty,” Trotter said.
Trotter said the penalty is 1-10 years in Nevada State Prison.
They would be eligible for probation if they were deemed not at a high risk
to re-offend following a psychological evaluation.
The parents were arrested July 11 after they brought the 5-month-old baby
to Carson Tahoe Regional Healthcare because they said he had a rash.
An emergency room doctor said the infant had fractures of his skull, ribs,
and arms, and burns on his buttocks and the heels and bottoms of his feet.
His ears and face also were bruised.
The physician said the fractures were in stages of healing and could be
one week to one month old, according to court documents.
The baby, now seven months old, is under the care of state Child Protective Services.
Taylor and Youmans are in Douglas County Jail on $25,000 bail each.
The case was assigned to District Judge Dave Gamble who is presiding over the child's custody case.
Senior Judge Steven McMorris explained to the couple Friday that they were
giving up their rights to an evidentiary hearing and that the waiver was unconditional.
Taylor and Youmans indicated they understood.

The parents of a 5-month-old baby admitted abusing the child, but neither one would say who fractured their son's skull or caused cuts and bruises.
Jeremy Taylor, 28, and Marie Youmans, 27, each pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempted child abuse or neglect causing substantial bodily harm. They face up to 10 years in prison at their sentencings Nov. 9, or could be eligible for probation if judged not to be at a high risk to re-offend.
District Judge Dave Gamble was adamant that the pair admit their part in the abuse of the baby, now 7 months old, who has been placed in a foster home.
“I need to know what happened to the child. I won't accept a plea until I know who did what or we're going to trial,” Gamble said.
The parents were arrested July 11 after they brought the baby to Carson Tahoe Regional Healthcare because they said he had a rash.
An emergency room doctor said the infant had fractures of his skull, ribs, and arms, and burns on his buttocks and the heels and bottoms of his feet.
His ears and face also were bruised.
The physician said the fractures were in stages of healing and could be one week to one month old, according to court documents.
Taylor admitted in court Tuesday he “may have cracked the child's ribs” one night while under the influence of alcohol.
He said the baby was crying and he (Taylor) had sleep deprivation due to a backache and a toothache.
“I applied quite a bit of pressure on his ribs and may have cracked them,” he said.
On July 3, Taylor said he gave his son a bath. Taylor admitted he didn't test the water, but the baby didn't cry or indicate any pain or discomfort.
The next day, Taylor said, blisters appeared on the infant's heels and buttocks.
“Were you drunk that night, too?” Gamble asked.
“Yes, sir,” Taylor said.
Taylor said he didn't regularly test the water before giving the baby a bath.
“It makes me concerned how come there were blisters just on his buttocks and heel and not on the rest of his body,” Taylor said.
“It makes me concerned, too,” Gamble said.
Taylor denied fracturing the baby's skull or arms. He said he had “no clue” as to how the child suffered bruises or abrasions.
“He always had abrasions on his face,” Taylor said.
“Has anybody talked to you about the difficulty involved in breaking a baby's ribs?” Gamble asked. “And that's what you did to your son?”
“Yes, sir,” Taylor said.
In pleading guilty, Youmans admitted she didn't seek medical care for the baby.
“I didn't take him to the hospital when he had the burns on his butt,” she said. “I didn't know anything was broken until I saw the X-rays.”
“Are you taking the position that Mr. Taylor caused all the injuries to your son?” Gamble asked.
“She's taking the position she didn't cause the injuries,” said her lawyer, Kris Brown.
Gamble told Youmans he had pictures of the baby's injures and he wanted to know what happened.
“I didn't break his bones,” Youmans said. “I didn't do it.”
Youmans said she wanted to take the baby to a doctor, but Taylor told her they would get in trouble if they did.
“Jeremy said we would go to jail and (the baby) would get taken away,” she said.
Youmans said Taylor and his mother got into an argument about the baby's health.
“Jeremy said it was nobody's business,” Youmans said.
She said she was asleep when Taylor allegedly burned the baby in the bath.
“I woke up and went to change him. I saw the blisters,” she said. “They didn't look like burns, but as the day wore on, they got redder.”
Youmans said she didn't want to fight with her husband about taking the baby to a doctor.
“Was your son injured as a result of abuse or neglect by the two of you?” Gamble asked. “Did he have substantial bodily harm?”
“Yes,” Youmans said.
Prosecutor Laurie Trotter said as severe as the injuries were to the baby, the serious threat to his life was failure to thrive.
“He was so severely underweight, he would have died,” Trotter said.
She credited Taylor's parents with saving the baby's life by insisting Youmans and Taylor take the baby to the hospital on July 11 and accompanying them.
Gamble refused to release the suspects on their own recognizance. They are in Douglas County Jail on $25,000 bail each.
“Despite these folks' history in the community and their unlikelihood to be flight risks, my position is these people continue to be a danger to their child,” Gamble said.
In her application for Youmans' release, Brown said Taylor constantly berated her for being a bad mother and telling her she was worthless and pathetic.
“She loves her child very much,” Brown said.
Lawyer Derrick Lopez, in seeking Taylor's release, said “his primary goal was to earn the ability back to be a father to his child.”
He said Taylor had no prior record and had an older son with a different mother whom he never abused.
Lopez said his client wanted to participate in Alcoholics Anonymous and take parenting classes.
“He wants to be a father, he wants to turn his life around,” Lopez said.