Teenage Parents Lie about Baby's Injuries
The Star Tribune http://www.startribune.com/467/story/1008313.html reported that 15-month-old, Destiny Jackson's death was due to injuries her teenage parents lied about. Maeve Clifford, the 18-year-old mother, and Beauford Jackson, also 18, said Destiny had fractured her skull by falling off a bed. After a polygraph test Jackson's story changed. A medical examiner's staff concluded that Destiny bled to death after blows to her chest and abdomen lacerated her liver. In the wake of the baby's death, St. Paul police said investigators are taking a new look into the girl's skull fracture that she received two months earlier.
According to the Pioneer Press http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/local/16719124.htm , after an application for a search warrant was filed in Ramsey County District Court, prosecutors charged Destiny's father with second-degree unintentional murder. An autopsy concluded that Destiny died of internal injuries after being struck in the torso.