A Santa Ana woman is facing criminal charges after allegedly beating her 5-week-old son for refusing to stop crying and leaving the infant with 16 broken bones, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office announced on Thursday, May 16.
Mirian Jimenez-Olivera, 34 was charged with 11 felony counts of child abuse and her husband, Edgar Busto-Rodriguez, 35, was charged with one felony count of being an accessory, the district attorney’s office said.
Jimenez-Olivera is suspected of punching her newborn baby in the ribs, shoulder, and arms when he cried on several occasions and roughly pulling his leg when she changed him, officials said. The injuries to the infant included a skull fracture, a fractured knee, a fractured elbow, broken ribs and a fractured arm.
The abuse is suspected to have occurred since the infant was 2 weeks old.
The extent of the injuries was discovered by doctors on May 13, when the infant was taken to a hospital after his left arm was not moving, officials said.
Busto-Rodriguez is suspected of lying to police about how his son was injured.
Both parents have pleaded not guilty and are being held in custody each on a $1 million bond.
Jimenez-Olivera faces up to 42 years in prison if found guilty of all 11 counts, while Busto-Rodriguez could face a maximum of three years in prison.
