A Kentucky man has been jailed on child abuse charges after critically injuring his girlfriend’s child while changing a diaper last month.
Court records say the incident took place on October 14 while 29-year-old Jorge Jesus Perez-Ramirez was looking after the child, who was taken to immediate care and then transported to Norton Children’s Hospital in critical condition, WLKY reports.
Doctors determined the child’s injuries were consistent with pediatric abusive head trauma, typically caused by shaking or blunt impact to the head.
According to court records, Perez-Ramirez “manifested extreme indifference to the value of human life by wantonly manipulating the victim in such a harsh way to create an injury indicative of pediatric abusive head trauma while changing a diaper.”
He was arrested on Wednesday, WHAS said.
He was charged with assault and criminal abuse of a child 12 or under and jailed on a $100,000 bond.
Police did not release the age of the child or provide any further information about their current condition.
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[Featured image: Jorge Jesus Perez-Ramirez/Louisville Metro Corrections]
