A father has been arrested for biting off the
nose of his one-month-old son.
18-year-old Joshua Cooper, was said to have
savagely injured his son because he was
frustrated at the infant’s wailing.
The police was called by the infant’s 17-year-
old mother who said her baby was bleeding
from the nose.
Daily Mail reports:
Cooper has been charged with child cruelty
and aggravated mayhem and is being held at
Solano County Jail, according to CBS.
Officers found the baby, along with his parents
and other family members, at their home on
the 1000 block of Alaska Avenue.
The baby was rushed to North Bay Medical
Centre, where doctors found part of his nose
had been completely severed and he had a
possible head trauma.
The baby was transferred to Oakland’s
Children’s Hospital, where medical teams
determined one third of the child’s nose had
been ripped off and that he had a fractured
skull and a brain hemorrhage.
It is not yet clear how the baby picked up
these last two injuries. The baby is now in a
stable condition.
Fairfield Police said in a statement: ‘The
criminal investigation determined that the
infant’s father had bitten the child’s nose off
out of frustration from the infant crying. The
investigation continues to determine how the
infant sustained the skull fracture and brain
hemorrhage.
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