Dad Charged In Baby's Death

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Wex Wimpy <wexw...@citicom.com> wrote:
> Dad Charged In Baby's Death
>
> By KEITH MORELLI kmor...@tampatrib.com
>
> Published: Mar 16, 2002
>
> TAMPA - In the seven months after he was born, Matthew Alexander Lane
> suffered injuries most adults can't imagine: four fractured ribs, a
> broken forearm, a busted collarbone. But the injury that ended his
> short life came sometime before 9:20 a.m. Feb. 11, according to an
> autopsy report.
>
> On the outside, the injury left a bruised right eyelid and a swollen
> forehead. On the inside, the damage proved fatal. Two days after he
> was admitted to Tampa General Hospital, Matthew died of a left frontal
> and temporal subdural hematoma, or a blood clot in the brain.
>
> ``How does a 7-month-old kid get injuries like this?'' asked Tampa
> police spokesman Joe Durkin.
>
> Friday morning, Tampa police arrested the boy's father, Darrell
> Gilbert Lane, 27, who lived with his son and the boy's 28-year-old
> mother, Mary Ann Muschick, and two stepdaughters at 4301 W. Azeele St.
>
> Lane was charged with first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse.
> He remained in the Orient Road Jail on Friday afternoon. Bail had not
> been set.
>
> On the morning of Feb. 11, Matthew was in the care of his father,
> police said. His mother was working as a security guard at Tampa
> International Airport. She got a call from him shortly after 9:20 a.m.
> Lane said Matthew ``was not acting like himself,'' according to a
> statement she gave police.
>
> Muschick rushed home, and the three drove to Memorial Hospital. She
> said her son appeared to be breathing, but she could not detect a
> pulse, and when they got to the hospital, his eyes rolled back in his
> head. He was taken to Tampa General Hospital's pediatric intensive
> care unit. Darrell Lane told police he was at home and Matthew was
> crying incessantly. He put the child on a couch, he said in a
> statement to officers, and went into another room. Then, Matthew
> suddenly stopped crying. He returned to the living room and found
> Matthew on the couch, unresponsive, he told officers.
>
> Both parents said their child fell out of bed Feb. 5 or 6 and bumped
> his head. They took him to a doctor, who said the bump was not
> serious. Police said medical records showed the child had been treated
> for dehydration in January.
>
> Shawnna Donovan Lee, spokeswoman for the Florida Department of
> Children and Families, said the family moved here from Arizona a year
> ago, and caseworkers have never been called to the residence to
> investigate abuse complaints.
>
> An autopsy report placed the time the fatal injuries were inflicted
> between 6:40 and 9:20 a.m. Feb. 11.
> ``This child died at the hands of another,'' Durkin said, and the
> medical examiner's time frame puts it at the time when ``The father
> was the only one who could have inflicted the injuries.''
>
> Reporter Keith Morelli can be reached at (813) 259-7698
>
> you get this at
>
> http://www.tampatrib.com/MGADX35WUYC.html
> This is why we need CPS

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Shame shame shame.

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