The child's mother is charged and in jail after being accused of knowing her boyfriend was beating up her 3-year-old son and didn't intervene or seek help.
Jasmine Salas is accused of knowing her boyfriend was beating up her 3-year-old son, who is in a coma, and didn't intervene or seek help.A 3-year-old is fighting for his life at the hospital in Houston after police say he was beaten severely.Salas is charged with injury to a child, a first-degree felony, and is held at the Harris County jail on a $150,000 bond.His family told Eyewitness News that Nehemiah is suffering from severe malnourishment, a burn on his head, bruising, and broken ribs.
"A 3-year-old should have never have had to have gone through this," Schiefer said. "I was in shock to see him having a neck brace...the tubes, the things on his head, all the sensors, everything, and to find out he's in a coma." The Houston Police Department would not release her booking photo to ABC13, citing the open investigation.
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