Evansville Police have arrested 23 year old STEPHEN ELSEY on two counts of Battery Causing Serious Bodily Injury to a Child Under 14.
Investigators believe ELSEY was watching his 2 month old daughter on February 14th. ELSEY told investigators he became upset when she would not stop crying and intentionally banged the girl’s head against the metal railing of a pack and play crib. The infant suffered a fractured skull during the assault.
During the medical treatment, hospital staff also found a healing wound on one of the girl’s collar bones. ELSEY said he may have caused that injury during an incident in January when he was upset with the infant and forcefully laid her down in her crib.
ELSEY originally denied knowing how the girl was injured. He then claimed it was an accident and she was injured when she fell from his lap. After several interviews, he told investigators he injured the infant when she would not stop crying.
ELSEY was arrested Wednesday and is at the Vanderburgh County Jail.
