PORTSMOUTH
The father of a 7-week-old girl has been charged with child abuse and neglect after the infant was taken to a hospital and placed on life support for treatment of severe trauma earlier today.
Janice Westerbeck, a police spokeswoman, said the child's biological father took her to Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center early today. Doctors there later had her transferred to Children’s Hospital of The Kings Daughters in Norfolk.
Westerbeck said investigators would not release any details about the nature of the trauma.
The father was identified as Aaron Michael Bennet, 31, of the first block of Afton Parkway. He was arrested at 3:50 p.m., Westerbeck said, after investigators from the police department's Special Victims Unit were notified and went to both hospitals as part of their investigation.
Bennet is being held at the city jail.
The investigation is continuing, Westerbeck said.
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This crime...
...is a perfect example why torture and long slow painful death should be legalized as a deterrent of crime.