5-Month-Old Baby Suffers Multiple Fractured Ribs, Brain Injury From Abuse; Mom, Boyfriend Arrested
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A New Mexico mother and her boyfriend were arrested on child abuse charges over the death of her 5-month-old daughter
The child suffered several limb injuries, rib fractures, spine deformities and brain hemorrhage, court documents said
Doctors said the infant s injuries were consistent with long-term child abuse
A couple in Mesquite, New Mexico, has been arrested and is facing child abuse charges over the death of the woman s 5-month-old daughter last month, court documents showed.
Isreal Ramirez and Danielle Lujan, both 23, were arrested Thursday and booked into the Doña Ana County Detention Center over the death of Lujan s child in April, local newspaper Albuquerque Journal reported. They were initially being held without bail.
Israel Ramirez
Israel Ramirez, 23, is facing one count of intentional child abuse resulting in the death of a child under 12 and one count of intentional child abuse resulting in great bodily harm of a child under 12. Both are first-degree felonies.
The child’s mother, Danielle Lujan, 23, has been charged with child abuse resulting in great bodily harm, also a first-degree felony.
Shortly after 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 17, deputies from the Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call regarding a 5-month-old infant who was unresponsive, according to court records.
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After learning the 911 call had been placed from a neighbor’s house, the deputies went to a neighboring residence in the 300 block of Las Parcelas Loop and found the Doña Ana County Fire Department already on scene and administering CPR to the child.
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MESQUITE, N.M. - A Mesquite, New Mexico, man has been arrested and charged with causing the death of his girlfriend s 5-month-old daughter last month while the infant s mother was at work.
Israel Ramirez, 23, has been charged with one count of intentional child abuse resulting in the death of a child under 12, and one count of intentional child abuse resulting in great bodily harm of a child under 12. Both are first-degree felonies.
The child s mother, Danielle Lujan, 23, has been charged with child abuse resulting in great bodily harm, also a first-degree felony.
Shortly after 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 17, deputies from the Doña Ana County Sheriff s Department responded to a 911 call in the 400 block of East Plaza Drive regarding a 5-month-old infant who was unresponsive, according to court records obtained by the