Dad head-butted, punched, and squeezed his 27-day-old son until his own ribs hurt: Police

A Wisconsin antheral is down bars aft constabulary said helium repeatedly abused his newborn son.

Dayne Paulson, 23, is successful custody astatine the Chippewa County Jail aft being charged with repeated carnal abuse of a child causing large bodily harm. According to a transgression ailment obtained by section quality outlet GazetteXtra, constabulary responded to a telephone from unit astatine Marshfield Hospital astir a imaginable kid maltreatment lawsuit connected April 25. Police said a pistillate brought her 27-day-old newborn son to the infirmary for "a chopped supra his eye, bruised eye, and wounded to his septum."

Upon further examination, constabulary said the lad was recovered to person galore injuries, including a skull fracture.

Police said the babe was instantly brought to a pediatric intensive attraction portion for further treatment. Local ABC affiliate WQOW besides obtained the transgression complaint, which stated that aft the newborn was examined at the 2nd hospital, doctors recovered helium had 3 skull fractures arsenic good arsenic fractures to his collarbone, leg, nose, and a rib.

After Paulson was arrested, constabulary said helium told them the babe was "being melodramatic and not liking his diaper changed." While speaking with societal workers connected April 27, Paulson allegedly said helium wounded the babe due to the fact that helium would not settee down and halt crying. Paulson allegedly admitted to punching the babe successful the oculus and head-butting him repeatedly.

Police said Paulson admitted to squeezing the babe with specified unit that helium wounded his ain ribs. According to the complaint, constabulary asked Paulson to show what helium did to his lad connected a Kleenex box. Police said Paulson complied, and the Kleenex container was crushed.

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WQOW reported that a doc who treated the babe said helium had a bully accidental of recovery. Due to his young age, it was excessively soon to archer if helium was going to endure imperishable damage.

Paulson made his archetypal tribunal quality connected May 1, erstwhile his enslaved was accrued from $50,000 currency to $200,000. He remains successful custody astatine the Chippewa County Jail. He was scheduled to look successful tribunal connected Tuesday and again connected May 26.