Sentenced: In-Home Nurse Caught in Videos ‘Tossing’ Special Needs Child Like a ‘Rag Doll’

[Sugar Cookie]

An in-home nurse in Texas was arrested after she physically and mentally abused a child with disabilities and special needs on several occasions, police say.

Jessica Renee Fowler, 35, faces one count of injury to a child, elderly, or disabled person with the intent to cause bodily harm, online records reviewed by Law&Crime show.

According to a probable cause affidavit obtained by Tyler CBS/CW affiliate KYTX, Fowler had been serving as a night nurse for the victim, when she was caught on film treating the child like a “rag doll.” The victim, who is functionally immobile and non-verbal, reportedly suffers from hip dysplasia and kidney failure.

The victim’s daytime nurse allegedly became suspicious of Fowler after noticing an injury to her victim’s dominant right arm. Per Tyler ABC/Telemundo affiliate KLTV, the nurse said he knew something was wrong when he saw that the girl was not sucking her right thumb as she did most of the time. The nurse told the mother, who also reportedly noticed that her daughter’s right arm was just “hanging limply by her side.” The mother and the daytime nurse both reportedly noticed several bruises on the girl’s arm as well.

The daytime nurse reportedly examined the girl’s arm while the mother reviewed footage from a Nest surveillance camera she had installed inside of her daughter’s room. Upon viewing the recordings, the mother reportedly said she came across multiple instances of Fowler physically abusing her daughter in a series of horrific ways.

The mother reportedly said she watched Fowler abuse her daughter “by tying her arm behind her back in bed, by dropping her legs forcefully during diaper changes, which affected the child’s hips, and by extending her arm out on the crib mattress, placing a Boppy pillow over the arm, and pressing down forcefully on it to hurt the child,” per KLTV.

The recordings also allegedly captured Fowler “tossing the child from the bottom of the bed to the top of the bed,” and “pushing the girl’s right arm behind her head and applying overpressure multiple times,” according to KYTX.

In documents filed in Smith County District Court, police reportedly referred to the contents of 45 out of the 53 total videos as “very disturbing.”

In addition to the physical abuse, Fowler also intentionally disconnected an alarm attached to the child’s heart rate monitor that is meant to alert caregivers when the child is in pain, distress, or in need of medical attention.

Investigators reportedly said that it was clear Fowler knew her behavior was wrong based on her alleged attempts to conceal what she was doing to the victim from her mother. In the videos, when the victim’s mother could be heard approaching the room, Fowler would allegedly “rush” to the girl’s crib, untie her limbs, and use her cell phone flashlight to make sure the ligatures did not leave any visible marks.

In-Home Nurse Allegedly Caught in 'Very Disturbing' Videos 'Tossing' Special Needs Child Like a 'Rag Doll'

An in-home nurse in Texas was arrested after she physically and mentally abused a child with disabilities and special needs on several occasions, police say.

lawandcrime.com

 

[cubby]

That's a mean looking mug she got there.

 

[Sevens My Charm]

Holy shit! This bitch used to work with me at the hospital! She got chase out of the hospital and went to private care & staffing agencies.

 

[Satanica]

I just can't wrap my head around intentional cruelty, especially, to an already damaged person or child. If care work brings out the worst in you, you need to find another career.

 

[Granmaw]

Somebody NEEDS to show this bitch what it feels like to be helpless and tortured.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

A Tyler woman accused of recklessly injuring a special needs child will avoid immediate jailtime after pleading guilty Friday.

Jessica Renee Fowler, 36, was arrested in March 2022 for causing injury to a young child who Fowler provided nighttime care for. Fowler was a registered nurse at the time, and her arrest affidavit made the case that she caused intentional injury to the child.

Fowler pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of reckless injury. Judge Austin Jackson deferred adjudication for one year.

In the original case, the mother had a nurse practitioner check the child after discovering an injury to her right arm. While she waited, she went through videos captured by the NEST camera that was in the child’s room. She then said that she saw Fowler abusing the child during the night on the video, by tying her arm behind her back in bed, by dropping her legs forcefully during diaper changes, which affected the child’s hips, and by extending her arm out on the crib mattress, placing a pillow over the arm, and pressing down forcefully on it to hurt the child. She did other harmful things to cause Jane pain, as well, according to the arrest affidavit. Her demeanor showed disdain for Jane and annoyance with her, the affidavit said.

Tyler woman pleads guilty to injuring special needs child

A Tyler woman accused of recklessly injuring a special needs child will avoid immediate jailtime after pleading guilty Friday.

www.kltv.com

 

[HijabiGirl]

Why? Why would you hurt this chid? She can't talk, she can't even really resist from what I am reading.