A Davenport woman was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for multiple child abuse charges.
Taylor Rae Moss, 25, was sentenced to 10 years for neglect or abandonment of a dependent person, and to five years each for child endangerment and willful injury. The charges will be served concurrently rather than consecutively.
Moss was arrested in December 2020 after an investigation that began in July 2020 when an unresponsive two-year-old child was checked into a Genesis Healthcare System hospital and diagnosed with a perforated bowel. An abdomen X-ray showed the child had rib fractures of varying ages.
The Davenport Police Department began investigating Moss on July 12, 2020 while the child was at Genesis. Moss was arrested December 7, 2020.
During the investigation, Moss said she gave the child a bath and believed he inhaled some water.
The child started vomiting and then became motionless. Police said Moss admitted she thought the child was dying and instead of calling 911, she placed the child in an ice bath to try to revive him.
Moss eventually called 911, following the advice of her boyfriend's mother. Moss admitted she and her boyfriend had been the only caretakers for the child since March.
During the investigation, doctors determined the child suffered a perforated bowel. Because of the severity of the injury, a 30-centimeter section of the bowel was removed. Investigators said the injury was caused by high-energy bursting forces or direct blows to the abdomen.
Police said there might have been multiple instances of abuse.
The child had new and healing rib fractures.
Davenport woman sentenced to 10 years in prison for child abuse.
A Davenport woman was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for multiple child abuse charges.
