COBB COUNTY, Ga. — A man is facing charges after a baby was found with serious injuries.
Cobb County Police responded to a call about a person down on Dogden Rd. in Mableton on Apr. 20.
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A baby girl was taken to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. The child was suffering from respiratory failure, complex skull fractures, retinal hemorrhages, and intracranial hemorrhages, according to a criminal warrant.
Medical professionals with the CHOA child protection team advised investigators the skull fractures were consistent with forceful blunt-force trauma to the head and the baby could not have caused other injuries herself.
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Police interviewed the last person to watch the baby before the injuries.
Juan Francisco Lobo Hernandez claimed he believed spirits or a bad person was trying to make his family suffer, according to a criminal warrant.
He also said he believed the girl was possessed and he may have been possessed as well, the warrant stated.
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Hernandez is charged with aggravated battery and 1st degree cruelty to children.
He is currently out of jail on bond.
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