Grandmother charged as two Louisville toddlers suffer severe abuse, parents also arrested

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A grandmother has been taken into custody after two young children arrived at a hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Yvonne Shanks, 49, has been charged with criminal child abuse, assault, wanton endangerment and endangering the welfare of a child.

Arrest records state Louisville Metro Police detectives were contacted by 3rd Division after a 2-year-old was brought to UofL Hospital Southwest on Thursday in full cardiac arrest…

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