Doctor Testifies 3-Year-Old Girl Had 33 Injuries
Posted 11:56 pm Wednesday, February 01, 2012
By DAYNA WORCHEL
Tyler Morning Telegraph Staff Writer
Emergency room personnel who treated a 3-year-old girl who prosecutors said was beaten by her mother's boyfriend testified Tuesday the child had more than 30 injuries, was malnourished and was so dehydrated she could not cry.
Dr. Daniel Baber, an emergency room doctor who treated the girl, said his first thoughts upon seeing her were that she must be a victim of child abuse.
"She had 33 separate injuries that were in various stages of healing," he said as he described the girl's examination in court. Her hair was thin and brittle and patches of it were missing, he said.
An emergency room nurse also testified the child had to be given several containers of saline solution intravenously before her body made enough tears to be able to cry.
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