Ford Hatchett joined the ABC15 team as a multimedia journalist in January of 2023.
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed to ABC15 that a three-month-old child died Monday after more than a week in a hospital. The child’s father was arrested earlier this month on child abuse charges.Court paperwork states on January 5,
deputies responded to a home near Citrus Road and Olive Avenue in Waddell where they found the three-month-old child unresponsive. The parents allegedly told investigators the child was suffering from constipation, but the child was taken to Phoenix Children’s hospital in Avondale with life-threatening injuries.The child was then flown to Phoenix Children’s in Phoenix where a social worker allegedly told investigators there were “non-accidental” injuries the child had, per court paperwork.
told ABC15 the child died in the hospital on Monday afternoon.The father was held on a $350,000 cash bond on the initial child abuse charges. tells ABC15 they are investigating to determine if additional charges may be filed.
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