A pair has been arrested after police and medical workers found a number of accidents on their child boy’s physique, in accordance with Laredo police.
Carlos Alejandro Tello, 39, and Justina Eliza Martinez, 36, had been served with arrest warrants on April 29 charging every with three counts of harm to a baby.
On April 18, police responded to an injured baby case at Laredo Medical Middle. Tello acknowledged that he and his spouse, Martinez, had taken their baby to the physician in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico as a result of the boy was constipated and had “a really bloated abdomen,” states the affidavit.
Tello talked about that medical workers in Nuevo Laredo prescribed suppositories for the boy to assist with the constipation. Tello additional acknowledged that medical workers in Nuevo Laredo advised him the kid “solely had cramps,” states the affidavit. Tello acknowledged he didn’t know what might be unsuitable with the kid.
Once they bought residence from Nuevo Laredo, Tello acknowledged that the kid turned unresponsive and would have hassle respiratory. Tello and Martinez went to the fireplace station on Cielito Lindo Boulevard, the place an ambulance transported the kid to LMC.
Police then spoke to Martinez. She acknowledged they took their baby to the physician in Nuevo Laredo at about 1 p.m. as a result of the kid had been “very bloated,” in accordance with court docket paperwork.
“She additionally acknowledged that the kid didn’t wish to eat something and that she tried feeding him Gerber however the baby rejected it. Mrs. Martinez additionally suggested that she tried giving the kid rice water,” states the affidavit.
Investigators documented the accidents as medical workers examined the kid.
The kid had a distended abdomen, bruising on the suitable facet of his torso towards his again, bruising on the suitable facet of his brow, an abrasion beneath his chin and trauma to his anus, in accordance with court docket paperwork.
Medical workers couldn’t decide what prompted the accidents. CT scans of the kid’s physique confirmed non-displaced posterior tenth and eleventh rib fractures and a big quantity of fluid within the baby’s stomach that was inflicting the belly swelling.
Requested if the kid might have gotten harm another means, Tello acknowledged that there is likely to be accidents as a result of the kid had fallen from the crib three or 4 door days prior. Tello added that they didn’t search medical consideration for the autumn as a result of the kid “was high-quality,” states the affidavit.
Tello identified that the kid didn’t cry and didn’t appear injured. Requested in regards to the crib, Tello acknowledged the crib was now not on the residence. He claimed they threw it away as a result of it was damaged, states the affidavit.
Martinez corroborated Tello’s statements. Martinez added she was in a coma and suffered from COVID-19 final yr across the similar time of her boy’s start. She additional acknowledged that she suffers from weak spot and shortness of breath because of COVID-19.
Requested in regards to the baby’s two markings on his left thigh, Martinez acknowledged the kid fell about 4 or 5 months in the past in her lounge. She acknowledged she had her son in her arms when she fell. She defined that she put an armband on the kid’s thigh to compress the swelling. Martinez claimed the kid “was high-quality” and that the swelling subsided after two days.
Relating to the autumn from the crib, Martinez acknowledged she and Tello awakened in the course of the night time as a result of they heard the kid crying. Tello ran over and found that the kid had fallen. Martinez acknowledged they checked on the kid and noticed that he “was high-quality.” Tello and Martinez didn’t take the kid to hunt medical consideration.
In the meantime, the kid was being ready to be flown out to Methodist Youngsters’s Hospital in San Antonio.