"Babies Jane" SCOTT - 18 months and 4 months - Riverside County CA

A man was
jailed Friday after his young daughters were found beaten, bound and
gagged in a house near Rubidoux, deputies said. Jeremiah
Scott, 23, was booked into Robert Presley Detention Center on suspicion
of attempted murder, torture and child abuse, and is being held in lieu
of $1 million bail. Riverside County sheriff's deputies
went to the house just after 1 p.m. after another adult there had found
the girls, ages 18 months and 4 months, tied up and left on a bedroom
floor, said Sgt. Steve Brown.


"When they
learned what was occurring, they contacted law enforcement," Brown said
of the witness, who is not considered a suspect. Both
girls had nonlife-threatening injuries to their faces and heads and
were taken to a local hospital, he said. A motive is unknown. "This is a very unusual case," Brown said. Scott, the girls' biological father, had fled the house before deputies
arrived. He was arrested 20 minutes later, still in the neighborhood
north of Limonite Avenue. No additional details were available Friday evening.