Man charged with hitting girlfriend's 1-year-old son She was left with a traumatic brain injury while working as a babysitter at an apartment in Washington County, Pennsylvania, local media outlet WPXI reported. reported.
Lyndon Henderson, 24, was initially arrested on suspicion of assault after the incident in November, but has now been charged with attempted murder, according to reports. Kibrel was admitted to a hospital on November 23 after authorities found him unresponsive at his home, local news outlet WTAE reported. reportedcited the criminal complaint.
The complaint alleges that Kibrel's mother, who was not named, allowed Henderson to babysit her son while she went to work. When she returned home to check on her son, she found him unresponsive on the couch.
The boy was rushed to the hospital with a traumatic brain injury and numerous bruises. He also suffered a stroke and fractured vertebrae in his neck, the report said. The baby was placed on a ventilator as the injury deprived the brain of oxygen, causing swelling. According to WPXI, the baby is on a feeding tube and is in a medically induced coma.
Washington County District Attorney Jason Walsh said Henderson's original assault charge has been upgraded to attempted murder, adding that his office “will always seek justice for the victim.”
“Children are innocent and our most vulnerable, and I will vigorously prosecute offenders who commit crimes against them to the fullest extent of the law,” Walsh said. said.
According to local media reports, Henderson told law enforcement officers during his arrest that Kibrel spun him around and placed him on top of the furniture, then he fell off the couch and onto the floor. Henderson told authorities the child appeared safe and happy at the time.
However, the infant's doctor stated that the infant's brain damage was “100% without a doubt the result of child abuse,” according to the complaint.
The child's paternal grandmother, Carla Darrell, told WPXI that her grandson was “using all kinds of machines.” Darrell added that she or her son, the boy's father, would have been happy to babysit if they knew the child would need to be supervised.
“He was beaten like a man. A man beat my grandson,” she claimed.
“He didn't [anything]” she added about her grandchildren. “There was no chance he could do it.'' [done] How could you do this to him? ”
Henderson is being held in the Washington County Jail without bail. Darrell said she hopes he stays there.
“I don't think he's out of prison. He belongs there,” she said.
