A Florida mom who reportedly stated feeding her youngster was "generally annoying" has been charged after the malnourished child was discovered with a cranium fracture, in line with native police.

Haylee Kent, 21, was charged with youngster neglect after police had been notified that a youngster was being handled at a Jacksonville hospital for critical accidents and malnutrition.

In accordance with the U.S. Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention (CDC), at the very least one in seven kids has skilled youngster abuse or neglect within the U.S. The CDC added in 2020, 1,750 kids died because of youngster abuse and neglect in the USA.

A Baker County Sheriff's Workplace (BCSO) spokesperson stated in a Fb submit on Monday that officers had been notified by Wolfson Youngsters's Hospital workers on April 6 that an 8-month-old was being handled. Detectives later discovered the toddler was taken to the hospital by his grandmother when she seen he was severely underweight.

Kent mug shot and walking to jail
Haylee Kent was charged with a number of counts of kid neglect after her child was deemed malnourished and had a fractured cranium. The above composite photograph exhibits Kent's mug shot and Kent strolling handcuffed right into a detention middle.Getty

The Fb submit continued: "Medical workers described the kid's basic look as gravely unwell on account of life-threatening hunger which resulted within the 8-month-old toddler weighing the typical weight of a 2-month-old."

The kid had suffered a cranium fracture in some unspecified time in the future earlier than being admitted to the hospital, in line with the BCSO.

Police stated that Kent didn't go to her youngster in hospital or cooperate with the Division of Youngsters and Households throughout their investigation. She agreed to fulfill with officers a number of days later and on April 19, met with detectives for a follow-up interview which resulted in Kent being charged with a number of counts of kid neglect.

"Via the investigation and Kent's admission, detectives established that the sufferer suffered a sample of neglect for the reason that day he was born. This neglect consisted of a scarcity of vital medical consideration, malnourishment and failure to offer a secure house setting," the BCSO stated.

"Throughout her closing interview, Kent instructed detectives she felt the best way her youngster wanted to be fed was generally annoying, so she simply opted not to take action. Regardless of the unhappy circumstances surrounding this investigation, BCSO is happy the sufferer is recovering, gaining weight, and has been positioned in foster care due to this investigation."

Police confirmed Kent was later charged with youngster neglect with and with out nice bodily hurt.

In accordance with ChildHelp, a corporation that campaigns towards youngster abuse, yearly greater than 4 million referrals are made to youngster safety companies involving greater than 4.3 million kids. It added the U.S. "has one of many worst data amongst industrialized nations," the place a median of 5 kids die on account of abuse and neglect.

Newsweek contacted the BCSO for remark.