JAYDEN BARTHOLOMEW - 5 Months - Chattanooga TN

A doctor testified Tuesday that a five-month-old baby brought to
Children's Hospital June 5, suffered from "shaken baby syndrome."

Dr. Martin Hall said Jayden Bartholomew suffered brain damage and likely will have seizures the rest of his life.

A charge of aggravated child abuse was bound to the Grand Jury against
Dustin McCord, boyfriend of the child's mother. He remains on $60,000
bond.

It was testified that the child's mother, Monica Bartholomew, had gone
next door, leaving McCord with the child. He then told her the child was
stiffening up.

Dr. Hall testified that the child "has new and old subdural hematomas,
so bleeding around the brain, an associative brain injury. He has
retinal hemorrhages, so bleeding behind the eye."

He added, "It would need to be very vigorous shaking so that any individual would recognize it as being harmful."

Dr. Hall said, "I think it's very likely that this child will have neurological disabilities as a result of his injuries that's likely to be
permanent."

McCord's prior record includes two assaults and two marijuana possession counts.

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