Note the subject's statement here from the NY Daily News.
A Connecticut-based Navy sailor left his 2-month-old son with 29 bone fractures, abuse so horrifying that one pediatrician told investigators she was amazed the baby was alive, prosecutors say.
Jordan Rittenhouse, 24, was arraigned Friday and charged with first-degree assault and risk of injury to a minor, The Day of New London reported.
The Groton, Conn. man, a father also to a 2-year-old, is behind bars on a $500,000 cash bond.
The disturbing case was declared by one doctor as the “worst case of serious physical injury she has seen in her career,” court documents obtained by the newspaper reveal.
Krishna Rittenhouse, the infant’s mother, took the child to the emergency room Monday after concerns over the tots eating habits. The baby was sent to New Haven for treatment after doctors found several rib fractures “at different stages of healing,” and police were contacted Tuesday about possible child abuse, The Day reported.
During a police interview Wednesday, Krishna Rittenhouse denied hurting the boy, though she said her husband occasionally grew frustrated trying to feed the infant. Jordan, a student at the Naval Submarine School, told investigators he was stressed with school, but wouldn’t hurt his child.
“I may have squeezed him at some point but I am afraid for my career,” the seaman said in an arrest warrant obtained by The Day. “I’m just getting started in my career.”
Note minimization and priority.
But Rittenhouse eventually opened up, admitting to cops during a second interview he’d squeezed the baby some 16 times, oftentimes to make the child stop crying.
“Rittenhouse recalled one occasion when he squeezed the victim that he was concerned that he may have punctured a lung,” according to the paper.
On a different occasion, the North Carolina native admitted he made the baby bleed after jamming a bottle into the infant’s mouth.
Dr. Andrea Asnes, who treated the child, told investigators some fractures likely came from squeezing, while others had not. But based on the severity of the injuries, Asnes “was surprised the victim was alive,” according to the newspaper.
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“I may have squeezed him at some point but I am afraid for my career,” the seaman said in an arrest warrant obtained by The Day. “I’m just getting started in my career.”
This is similar language used by Baby Delano Wilson's mother.
"I just got my job two days ago".
Kiss your career goodbye. Sickening.
Somebody kill this b'stard.
Blow his f'kn brains out.
OMG, that is horrifying! That poor baby. And he's only concerned about his job?!
Sorry for the O/T but this jumped out at me.
This is in an article about Ferguson, MO and rappers. Note the negatives and the order. It's like, we're here to chew gum and kick butt and we're all out of gum.
"Last week, T.I. released the song "New National Anthem," which he wrote after the July 2013 acquittal of George Zimmerman in the killing of 17-year-old Martin. He says he hopes to start a dialogue between the community, city leaders and police.
"This is not to divide race, color, generation, region. This is not to incite or encourage people to go against to the police. This is to bring about change by way of creating awareness of the current status in America in these inner city areas for our young black men and young black people," the rapper said in a recent interview."
He seems to want a race war and want people to oppose the police.
Snipped:
"The DCF report indicated that Krishna Rittenhouse told doctors she suffers from calcium and iron deficiencies, and that could possibly explain her son’s injuries.". . .
Please arrest the mother as well.
Dad, sperm donor, in court he is wearing a MONSTER (logo)t-shirt how appropriate
video
http://www.wfsb.com/story/26401983/father-accused-of-abusing-2-month-old-set-to-face-a-judge
"The DCF report indicated that Krishna Rittenhouse told doctors she suffers from calcium and iron deficiencies, and that could possibly explain her son’s injuries.". . .
Please arrest the mother as well.
August 30, 2014 at 2:52 PM
I was getting ready to ask about the mom. I mean geeeeez , she would have had to known about this
Maybe the mom is battered too & made up the excuse about his eating habits in order to get baby to hospital. ???
Poor baby! Squeezing him and fracturing his little bones is sure to stop him crying! For goodness sake! :-S
Our society is going to hell in a handbasket. Sad thing is, I don't believe in hell in the traditional sense, so bottom line... where are humans heading when an infant can trigger this sort of response? An infant??? Never does a child deserve a violent response, ever. Never, ever, ever, ever. .. yes, I'm aware of the sensitivity in those statements. What do they mean though? Knowing the answer is the difference between someone who uses Statement Analysis as a true tool and someone who uses it for voodoo.
I agree with previous posters. Arrest that flipping mother as well. She is just as guilty, if not more. Where was she when this child was being abused?
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