(DOWNLOAD) "Hattie Belle Perkins v. State Indiana" by Second District Court of Appeals of Indiana " eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Hattie Belle Perkins v. State Indiana
- Author : Second District Court of Appeals of Indiana
- Release Date : January 25, 1979
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 61 KB
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At 3:00 p.m. on October 16, 1977, Mandy Lynn Perkins, age 13 months, was admitted to Wabash County Hospital and was pronounced dead on arrival. Mandy had multiple bruises over her body, the worst being a bruise on her lower left chest extending across her abdomen. Her death was determined to be caused by several severe blows to the abdomen causing serious internal blood loss and injuries to abdominal organs. The pathologist determined that the blows had been inflicted up to 24 hours prior to death. Eddie Childress admitted that he had struck the child four times in the abdomen and head on October 15 at approximately 3:00 - 3:30 p.m. Mandys mother, appellant Hattie Belle Perkins (Perkins) was in the next room when Mandy was beaten. She came to the child and Childress and spoke with Childress about hitting Mandy. After the beating, Mandy vomited, cried, appeared pale and listless. No medical attention was sought until the following afternoon when she was barely able to breathe. Mandy was taken to the hospital by her mother at Childress suggestion. In a statement made to the police, Perkins admitted that she knew that Childress had beaten the child and that she should have taken Mandy to the hospital.