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Police: Baby with 20 broken bones "suffered an extra 2-3 weeks of pain"

By Larry Hartstein
Jan 5, 2010

After breaking 20 bones in her 2-month-old girl's body, a young Marietta mother waited two to three weeks before taking the baby to a doctor, according to an arrest warrant obtained by the AJC.

Her boyfriend, the baby's father, also refused to take the infant  to the hospital, the warrant alleges.

"This baby suffered through an extra 2-3 weeks of pain having 20 broken bones, including a skull fracture and a severely broken and displaced femur," the warrant states.

Antoinette White, 20, and her boyfriend, Kevin Straight, 32, remain in the Cobb County Jail following their Dec. 22 arrest. Their baby spent more than a week in the hospital and is now in foster care.

White "admitted to squeezing her 2-month-old baby in an aggressive manner," the warrant states. White also admitted she could "feel the baby's bones, then immediately feel the swelling start," the warrant continues. Police did not say whether White made any further statements about her alleged actions.

After White finally took the baby to a hospital, a hospital employee called police, police said. Authorities took into protective custody a 1-year-old child who was living at the couple's home in the 1900 block of Atlanta Road.

White is charged with aggravated battery, felony cruelty to children and second-degree cruelty to children. She's being held on $100,000 bond. Straight is charged with second-degree cruelty to children and being held on $50,000 bond.

Their next court date has not been set.

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