Baby has multiple leg fractures. His mother is now jailed: MDSO

A 7-month-old boy was taken to Holtz Children’s Hospital in Miami for leg pain last month. Doctors discovered the child had multiple fractures, leading to a criminal investigation that landed his mother behind bars on Thursday.

When the baby was evaluated by doctors on Dec. 11, it was revealed that he had “a spiral fracture to his left femoral shaft, and fractures to his left and right tribal shaft in different healing stages,” an arrest affidavit for his mother, Johana Barrera Delgado, read.

The 26-year-old mother pointed the blame at a family member who baby-sat her child — telling detectives the injuries happened under her care, according to the affidavit…

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