'Spazzing out': Babysitter inflicts 'extensive head and body injuries' on 10-month-old infant who later died

A South Carolina babysitter who was expected to beryllium caring for a 10-month-old babe inflicted "extensive caput and assemblage injuries" that led to the boy's death.

Jacob Ray Wescott was sentenced to 33 years down bars this week aft a assemblage convicted him of homicide by child abuse, according to a property merchandise from the Fifth Judicial Circuit Solicitor's Office. Prosecutors accidental the Kershaw County occurrence section responded to Wescott's location connected March 9, 2020, aft 10-month-old Baby Jack stopped breathing.

Paramedics rushed the lad to a section hospital. He was aboriginal transferred to a children's hospital.

"Medical professionals determined the kid sustained extended caput and assemblage injuries, including a encephalon bleed and aggregate bruises," prosecutors said.

Jack was taken disconnected beingness enactment connected March 11, 2020. An autopsy determined the lad died from injuries accordant with abusive caput trauma, formerly known arsenic shaken babe syndrome.

According to section ABC affiliate WACH, Wescott told deputies helium fed the lad look earlier the 2 fell dormant for astir 90 minutes. Suddenly the kid began "spazzing out." He stopped breathing and a witnesser successful the location called 911.

There were 2 different minors astatine the location astatine the time, per WACH.

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Detectives concluded that the trauma was nary mishap and that Wescott, past 23, wounded the babe intentionally. Authorities did not accidental successful the property merchandise what led up to the incidental oregon picture Wescott's transportation with the boy's household different than saying helium was a babysitter.

"Our victim's advocator has been successful interaction with the parent of the kid and each enactment we person disposable to america volition beryllium offered to her oregon has already been offered to her. We're conscionable trying to assistance the household on the way," Sheriff Lee Boan said astatine the time.

A household person said successful a GoFundMe relationship statement that Jack was cremated aft his death.

"Baby Jack's parent has the heartbreaking task of signing the paperwork for his cremation," the relationship said. "She posted earlier that she should beryllium readying his 1st day party, not his funeral. Just truthful bittersweet and terribly unfair this tragedy."