Mom ‘couldn’t handle’ baby’s crying and throws her, causing head injury, Indiana cops say
An Indiana mother was arrested after police said she threw her baby because she “couldn’t handle the crying.”
Officers responded Nov. 19 to a 911 call from a mother who said her child was unresponsive, according to a news release from the Evansville Police Department.
The child had “severe head injuries” that required emergency surgery to relieve the pressure on her brain, police said.
She also had bruising all over her body, according to authorities.
In an interview with police, the 20-year-old mother said her daughter had been crying earlier in the day and that she “couldn’t handle” it, adding that it “set her off.”
She told police she held the baby over a Pack ‘N Play and “threw her in it,” according to authorities.
The mother later said that, being 30 weeks pregnant, “her large belly prevented her” from putting her daughter down properly, causing her to “accidentally drop” the child, police said.
She said after taking her baby out of the Pack ‘N Play, she set her down on the ground where the baby “fell face-first into a cabinet, striking her head on a metal piece,” according to police.
Authorities said the baby was lethargic, “falling in and out of consciousness,” but the mother waited to call 911.
The mother was arrested on one count of domestic battery and one count of neglect of a dependent, police said.
She was booked at the Vanderburgh County jail on a $15,000 cash only bond, records show. She is due in court for a preliminary hearing Nov. 25.
