Sentenced: Mom Ignored Seizing Infant for 6 Hours After Slamming Her Into Changing Table

[Sugar Cookie]

Court documents state Child Protective Services alerted police November 15 that a 2-month-old infant had been flown to Cook Children’s Medical Center in Ft. Worth from Abilene the day before for what appeared to be “non-accidental” trauma.

CPS told investigators that the infant was initially brought to the hospital in Abilene for “twitching and not acting right”, but medical officials were soon able to determine the child had a subdermal hemorrhage to her brain, bruises to her torso, and a bruise to her right eye, according to the documents, which state the parents were not able to describe any falls or accidents and stated the could not explain how the child was injured.

When detectives later interviewed Clarissa Stewart, the documents state she waived her Miranda rights and admitted to shaking the baby multiple times and also ‘slamming’ her onto a changing table.

The documents state she claimed she did this because the baby had been crying from 7 a.m. to 1-2 p.m., and this caused her to lose control.

After the incident, the documents reveal the infant began having seizures around 2 p.m. and those seizures continued through 8 p.m., with no medical intervention for the entire 6 hours.

A subsequent search of Stewart’s cellphone reveled that after the child was slammed on the changing table and the seizures began, she was searching the internet for things like, “what are symptoms of shaken baby syndrome”, “why is baby sleeping more than usual” and “how long for shaken baby symptoms to appear”, according to the documents.

Investigators also went through her text messages and the documents state they found she had been texting her husband after the infant was born saying things like, “I want nothing to do with [the baby] when you’re off. I can’t stand her anymore the second she cries, it throws me into a rage I didn’t know I could have. . .”, “It’s getting harder and harder to love her. . .”, and “I honestly don’t want to pump anymore because of her I don’t want that connection anymore.”

Doctors state the infant is having brain surgery and may have to be on a feeding tube due to the injuries she sustained.

Documents: Abilene mother accused of shaking, slamming infant onto changing table then ignoring seizures for 6 hours

ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – An Abilene mother accused of shaking an infant then ‘slamming’ her onto a changing table, causing seizures and other injuries, has been arrested.&nbsp…

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[McDanel]

Hence I chose not to have one, and the day I found out I was sterile was one of my happiest.

 

[Angiebla]

Sorry to say she sounds like she had PPD. Her husband should have picked up on it and got her help.

She basically said she cant be alone with the baby, he didnt think that was alarming?


Though that is no excuse for the violence, and not getting help after.

 

[McDanel]

When I was still a child, crying babies and shrieking toddlers threw me into fight or flight.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Name: STEWART,CLARISSA


Maximum Sentence Date: 2043-11-28

Projected Release Date: 2043-11-28


Parole Eligibility Date: 2033-11-27

Offense History:​

Offense Date	Offense	Sentence Date	County	Case No.	Sentence (YY-MM-DD)
2023-11-15	INJ CHILD	2025-09-25	TAYLOR	16345-D	20-00-00