A nine-month-old boy from Granby is in serious condition and fighting for his life in a Kansas City hospital.
Investigators have charged Jordan Boggess, the mother’s boyfriend, with child abuse.
“He is unable to speak.” “So we’ll speak for him,” said Jaden Branham, the infant’s cousin.
On September 14, Waylon awoke as a healthy-looking infant. However, the hospital admitted him with critical injuries just one day later.
When they arrived at Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Branham stated, “We determined that this was not an aspiration and choking issue because he had some bruising on his head.”
According to investigators, the infant’s mother placed him in a baby jumper before heading to the bathroom. Waylon vomited and began to scream. According to deputies, Boggess grabbed up the youngster and hurled him into the air, missing the baby on the second toss. The 28-year-old told detectives that he later bear-hugged the infant until he stopped screaming.
“As a mother, if my child is throwing up, I’m not going to pick him up and toss him up in the air, thinking that’s going to help out in any scenario,” Branha told me.
According to investigators, Boggess claimed his hands were “sweaty,” which caused him to drop the infant. However, physicians informed investigators that the 9-month-old suffered from “abusive head trauma.”
“They said that baby Waylon wouldn’t be the same baby.” If he makes it, he will be wheelchair-bound. He will be unable to speak. “He will be unable to feed himself,” said Christa Newman, the infant’s grandmother.
The child’s grandfather expressed his heartbreak.
“It is hard. I am at a loss for words. Our responsibility as parents is to safeguard and be present for our children. Tyler Burbridge said, “This is the most difficult fight I’ve ever had to face.”
Sticking by the infant’s side, family members band together to raise awareness about child maltreatment.
“Whenever you walk into his room, it’s just machine after machine,” Branham told you. “There are IV pumps everywhere. There is always a nurse in the room. It’s quite upsetting to walk in and see a child literally fighting for their life. These are children, and they deserve to live normal, carefree lives without having to be afraid of who they are around. Unfortunately, he wasn’t. “He was unable to do that.”
