Updated: Oct 21, 2010 11:01 PM
Muncie - A 19-year-old Muncie man faces child abuse charges. Ethan Ogden was arrested Wednesday after police say he injured his girlfriend's eight-week-old daughter.
The baby had a black eye and a broken leg.
According to the police report, Ogden was looking after the baby while his girlfriend - the baby's mother - went to pay bills. When she returned, Ogden told her the baby fell from a bouncy seat and thought her leg was hurt. They took the baby to the hospital.
Later during a police interview, Ogden changed his story, saying he was walking in the apartment with the baby when he dropped her on the floor and accidentally stepped on her leg.
Eventually he admitted to officers that the first two versions of his story were not true, and that he became angry because his girlfriend was gone longer than he expected.
Ogden said he was "really frustrated and lost control, dropped [the baby] on the floor and stomped on her leg."
Ogden also told police he wanted to hurt the baby but not seriously injure her "because he loved her," according to the report.
It's the second time in less than two weeks that a Muncie infant has suffered abuse.
In a separate case, Michael Wihebrink, 25, and Crystal Saunders, 19, have been charged in connection with the brutal beating of their five-week-old son.
Doctors say that Brayden Wihebrink was brought into the hospital with six major fractures. He also suffered previous injuries to the ribs and a broken wrist that were healing. He had a brain injury perhaps from someone covering his mouth and preventing him from breathing.
From: http://www.wthr.com/story/13364722/muncie-man-arrested-on-child-abuse-charges
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