Victoria P. Martin, 34, of the 1100 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, arrested on a charge of second-degree criminal abuse (child 12 or younger)
A woman whose infant daughter was flown to an out-of-state hospital with a fractured skull has been arrested on a charge of second-degree criminal abuse.
Hospital officials called Paducah police Friday, August 24, when a 7-month-old infant was flown from Baptist Health Paducah to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN, with a fractured skull and brain bleed. The child’s mother claimed the infant rolled off the bed onto the hardwood floor four days previously.
The mother, Victoria P. Martin, told police that, beginning in June 2018, the infant began falling off the bed onto the floor. She said this happened approximately 10 times – the last time being last Monday – before she purchased a crib for the baby on Tuesday.
Martin was interviewed again this morning at the police department, and arrested on a charge of second-degree criminal abuse (child 12 or younger). She was booked into McCracken County Regional Jail.
The investigation is continuing and other charges are possible.