In California, Shaken baby training in Tehama County | Shaken Baby Syndrome

A new program is in place in Tehama County. Tehama County's Hope and Faith now has a program to provide education and prevention measures against Shaken Baby Syndrome.

Though they aren't real infants, Tehama County's Hope and Faith are teaching many about the dangers of Shaken Baby Syndrome.

The size and feel of 2- to 4- month-old babies, the dolls are among the county's six simulator dolls that have see-through heads that light up when the dolls are shaken to the point that would seriously harm a living child.

Public health nurses Linda Rose and Sharon Bradac-Clendenen brought Hope Monday to Red Bluff Union High School as part of a training for students in the ROP Child Care and Education program.

At least a dozen students, who spend time all year working in area schools as part of the program, were given a lesson on how to teach others about the dangers of Shaken Baby

Syndrome.

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In Hawaii, Baby homicide victim suffered his skull, brain injuries a year ago | Shaken Baby Syndrome

 A 14-month-old homicide victim reportedly suffered his head injuries nearly a year ago and had been fighting to stay alive ever since.

The Honolulu Medical Examiner's office identified the baby as Zayden Lonergan.

Kulana Malama in Ewa Beach provides long-term care for medically-fragile children, some of whom require ventilator support to stay alive. It's where 14-month-old Zayden Lonergan had been receiving specialized care after suffering skull and brain trauma.

Sources familiar with the case say the injuries were consistent with shaken baby syndrome.

"Their brain often is traumatized by just shaking," Howard Klemmer, MD, emergency room physician, said. "They can get tears of the vessels in the brain. The brain can bounce back and forth in the cranial vault, causing traumatic injury and bleeding internally."

Dr. Klemmer did not treat Zayden, but is familiar with the injuries associated with shaken baby.

Military officials reportedly say the baby was taken unconscious to the federal fire station at Marine Corps Base Hawaii and then transferred to Castle Medical Center in March of last year.

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In Washington, Nanny’s attorney asks for trial delay in baby’s death | Shaken Baby Syndrome

Kelli Anne Jacobsen, is reportedly charged with first-degree manslaughter. The charges include aggravating circumstances that the victim was particularly vulnerable and incapable of resistance, and that his death had a destructive and foreseeable impact on others.

Jacobsen was reportedly the nanny for Ryder Morrison, who died June 22. She is accused of reportedly causing a fatal head injury to the boy while watching him at his Richland home. Ryder’s death came a day after his first birthday.

Tawney Johnson, the boy’s mother, had reportedly stopped home for lunch and was back at work by noon.

Jacobsen reportedly called 911 at 12:14 p.m. saying the boy had just fallen down and his eyes were rolling back in his head. She told Richland Fire Department medics that Ryder was standing on a toy that was 6 inches high and fell and hit his head, according to court documents.

The lawyer for a woman reportedly charged in the death of a 1-year-old Richland boy asked to delay the trial seven months while he consults with a “shaken baby” expert.

Scott Johnson told a judge Wednesday that his client, Kelli Anne Jacobsen, deserves a fair trial and that includes allowing him time to investigate the allegations and prepare his defense.

Johnson said he was able to find an expert in the field of shaken baby syndrome with help from a University of Wisconsin professor, but the man does not have time to review the case until the end of this month or early April. And then, the expert won’t be available to testify until October because of a backlog of other trials, he said.

“Given the complexity of this case, I think it’s justified,” Johnson said of his request for a lengthy delay.

Judge Vic VanderSchoor said he has confidence in Johnson’s efforts to keep the case moving along, but told him to speak with his expert and see if they can work out an earlier date.

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In Massachusetts, Father charged with shaking infant son | Shaken Baby Syndrome

In another sad story, a 2-month-old boy is reportedly fighting for his life in a Boston hospital after his father admitted to shaking the infant and dropping him on the floor Monday afternoon, police said.

Anibal Cordero, reportedly told investigators he shook his son and dropped him, but caught the baby before his head hit the floor. The incident occurred at 1:45 p.m. Monday while Cordero was holding the baby and his mother was drawing him a bath, according to police reports.

The baby is now on a breathing machine at Boston Children's Hospital. He also needed a blood transfusion after doctors diagnosed the infant with shaken baby syndrome, prosecutor Colleen Cashman said.

Lawrence District Court Judge Michael Brooks reportedly ordered Cordero held on $100,000 bail, twice the amount Cashman requested, at his arraignment yesterday. Cordero is charged with assault and battery on a child causing substantial injury. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in jail.

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In Michigan, 19-year-old Burton man accused of shaking 'miracle baby' could use insanity defense, court records show | Shaken Baby Syndrome

Zachary J. Robinett is reportedly charged with first-degree child abuse after his girlfriend's 14-month-old baby suffered numerous bruises to head and body, a skull fracture and reported bleeding in the brain.

The baby was found unresponsive after police were called to a home on Feb. 11. The baby was taken to a local hospital.

Court records reportedly show that an intention to assert an insanity defense was filed in Genesee District Court on Tuesday. 

Robinett will be sent to the Michigan Center for Forensic Psychiatry to see if he is competent to stand trial, documents show. 

Leyton said Robinett was left alone with the baby after the child's mother went to work. It appears to be reportedly a case of shaken baby syndrome, the prosecutor added.

"Doctors are referring to him as a miracle baby," said Leyton. "At first, they weren't sure he was even going to live."

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In Oklahoma, Enid man pleads guilty in 2009 death of 7-month-old boy | Shaken Baby Syndrome

A 42-year-old Enid man charged in the 2009 death of a 7-month-old boy entered a guilty plea Thursday to an amended charge of first-degree manslaughter.

Terry Lee Ledbetter was charged Oct. 6, 2009, with first-degree murder in the death of 7-month-old Morgan Stout. Ledbetter was set for trial Tuesday on the first-degree murder charge.

According to a plea form filed in Garfield County District Court, Ledbetter entered an Alford plea to a reduced charge of manslaughter, which is punishable by four years to life in prison.

An Alford plea is a guilty plea, but the defendant does not admit any guilt, but admits the prosecution likely could prove the charge.

Associate District Judge Tom Newby accepted the plea Thursday and ordered a pre-sentencing investigation be conducted before sentencing April 25. There is no agreement with prosecutors, and Newby will sentence Ledbetter at the April hearing.

Stout was in Ledbetter’s care Sept. 29, 2009, when Ledbetter called 911, reporting the boy was unresponsive. The boy was treated at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center and later flown to Integris Baptist Hospital in Oklahoma City. The boy died at 5:13 p.m. Oct. 1, 2009.

According to the boy’s doctor at Integris, Stout suffered from massive brain swelling and retinal hemorrhages, and was a victim of shaken baby syndrome. An autopsy  performed by Oklahoma City Medical Examiner’s Office found the preliminary ruling for the cause of Stout’s death was “non-accidental injury.”


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In Florida, Palm Harbor babysitter convicted of manslaughter | Shaken Baby Syndrome

Stephanie Spurgeon, a former Palm Harbor home daycare provider, was reportedly found guilty of manslaughter and will now face up to 15 years in prison after a jury came back with that verdict. Jurors had spent 21 hours reportedly deliberating her fate over two days.

Spurgeon ran a daycare out of her home and on Aug. 1, 2008, the grandmother of 1-year-old Maria Harris came by to pick her up after her first day at the home, to find Harris limp and not acting normally.  Maria died soon after.

During the trial that began with jury selection last Tuesday, confusing medical evidence about “shaken baby syndrome” was presented. The prosecution presented doctors that testified, little Maria Harris had been thrown onto a bed or shaken very hard.

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