Connecticut sailor leaves 2-month-old son with 29 bone fractures, near death: prosecutor Facebook Jordan Rittenhouse, 24, also has a 2-year-old with his wife of one year. The Navy sailor is behind bars for allegedly abusing his 2-month-old infant. A Connecticut-based Navy sailor left his 2-month-old son with 29 bone fractures, abuse so horrifying that one pediatrician told investigators she was amazed the baby was alive, prosecutors say. Jordan Rittenhouse, 24, was arraigned Friday and charged with first-degree assault and risk of injury to a minor, The Day of New London reported. The Groton, Conn. man, a father also to a 2-year-old, is behind bars on a $500,000 cash bond. The disturbing case was declared by one doctor as the “worst case of serious physical injury she has seen in her career,” court documents obtained by the newspaper reveal. Eyewitness News 3 A blue wreath announcing the arrival of the baby boy from two months ago is still hanging on the front of the Rittenhouse’s home in Groton, Conn. Krishna Rittenhouse, the infant’s mother, took the child to the emergency room Monday after concerns over the tots eating habits. The baby was sent to New Haven for treatment after doctors found several rib fractures “at different stages of healing,” and police were contacted [...] newsnyork/connecticut-sailor-leaves-2-month-old-son-with-29-bone-fractures-near-death-prosecutor/
Posted on: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 10:45:30 +0000
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