Connecticut man arrested for abuse of month-old baby found with rib fractures, brain bleeds

A Connecticut antheral has been arrested for allegedly abusing a month-old baby, authorities constabulary said Tuesday.

Zachary Beausoleil, 22, of Pomfret is accused of causing “multiple carnal injuries to a minor” successful an incidental that occurred conscionable implicit a twelvemonth ago.

According to authorities, connected Aug. 4, 2023, a month-old babe was admitted to Day Kimball Hospital, an acute attraction installation located successful the municipality of Putnam, “due to her not eating for an extended period.”

After doctors examined the child, they recovered “several captious injuries” including “multiple rib fractures” and “active encephalon bleeds,” according to an apprehension warrant obtained by section CBS affiliate WFSB. The babe was past instantly airlifted to a infirmary successful Massachusetts, wherever further introspection showed she appeared to person besides suffered a laceration to her liver.

Detectives from the authorities constabulary Eastern District Major Crime Squad were besides notified and assumed the investigation.

Later that day, a societal idiosyncratic astatine the Massachusetts infirmary told an researcher the babe had arrived astatine the exigency country with “injuries accordant with shaking babe syndrome,”  which is described by the Centers for Disease and Control arsenic a “severe signifier of carnal kid maltreatment resulting from violently shaking an babe by the shoulders, arms oregon legs.”

When Beausoleil was interviewed by police, helium said that aboriginal connected Aug. 1, 2023, helium woke up to the babe crying. Shortly aft picking her up from her crib, Beausoleil said helium tripped and fell connected apical of the child.

He said helium “didn’t deliberation his afloat value landed connected her,” according to the affidavit. After checking the infant, helium didn’t spot immoderate injuries and “thought she was fine.”

Three days later, erstwhile Beausoleil was astatine work, different big successful the location took the babe to the infirmary aft she stopped eating and began “acting a small off,” according to the warrant.

A consequent reappraisal of Beausoleil‘s telephone revealed web searches for the phrases “fluid-filled bump connected baby’s head” and “throwing up greenish bile” soon aft the incident, constabulary said.

Beausoleil was arrested Monday pursuing a “lengthy” investigation. He’s being held connected a $100,000 bond, and was scheduled to look astatine Danielson Superior Court aboriginal connected Tuesday, according to Patch Connecticut.