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Philip Clifton Boswell, 39, and Donna Jean Kajune, 25, Minot, are charged in district court in Minot with Class A felony child abuse causing permanent injury and Class C felony tampering with evidence.
According to a probable cause affidavit filed with the court, they brought a baby girl to the hospital with a broken arm on March 29. A witness told police that Boswell had grabbed the baby by her arm or leg and threw her onto a bed on multiple occasions when he was angry and that Kajune has been present on several occasions when he did this and did not intervene. According to the affidavit, the child’s injury will cause a permanent impairment to her arm.