LINTON, Ind. -- A Greene County man is facing multiple charges after he admitted to state police that he squeezed and punched his 9-month-old daughter in the head to get her to stop crying.
Tosumba Welch, 19, is charged with neglect of a dependent and domestic battery.
Indiana State Police began investigating after the infant was taken to the Greene County Hospital on Wednesday because she was having seizures.
Because of the severity of her injuries, the baby was airlifted to Riley Hospital for Children where doctors determined she had multiple skull fractures which her doctor described as "cracked egg shell," along with multiple brain bleeds.
The infant also had several healing rib fractures and previous injuries to her collar bone that the doctor described as "non-accidental," according to state police. She also had a fracture to her left ankle that was described as a "classic jerk and yank" abuse fracture.
Indiana State Police say testing ruled out a medical cause for the child's injuries.
Tosumba told investigators that he had squeezed and had punched his daughter in the head since she was four or five months old. He also told detectives that he would strike her in the back of the skull or on the sides of her head to make her stop crying.
The case remains under investigation by Indiana State Police.
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