A picture of a 14-month-old boy posted on Facebook shows the
Spotsylvania toddler suspended in the air hanging by his twisted
t-shirt. The boy is hanging from a door frame crying and obviously
uncomfortable.
Investigators said they heard from numerous people who were horrified
to see a picture on social media of boy dangling in the air from a door
frame. The boy was hanging by his twisted tee shirt and appeared to be
scared and crying.
“We had it assigned to a criminal investigation detective through the
child victim unit. When she responded, she did an investigation and
found that it wasn’t a nail, it was actually a planter hook that the
child was hanging from. But the child was absolutely fine,” Sgt. James
Konicki with the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office said.
According to sheriff’s office investigators, the picture was taken between Sept. 1 and Sept. 10 by the child’s mother.
The toddler’s mother, identified as 18-year-old Alexis Breeden,
turned herself in Thursday afternoon after a felony warrant was issued
for her arrest.
Konicki said the photo came to their attention when several people
posted the picture of the little boy on their Spotsylvania County
Sheriff’s Office Facebook page.
“The baby’s father and mother had an argument and in retaliation the
father posted this on Facebook to get the mother in trouble” Konicki
said, adding that the father of the child was not involved in the
alleged abuse.
People on Facebook blasted the mother and even posted the picture to our CBS 6 Facebook page asking us to find out more.
CBS 6 News learned Breeden is now facing a felony child abuse charge.
CBS 6 News also uncovered court documents that show Breeden recently
pleaded guilty to an assault and battery charge against a family member.
That female victim was identified in General District Court documents
as Breeden’s parent. In that case, Alexis Breeden was ordered by a
judge to complete anger management courses and undergo a mental health
evaluation.
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