A 29-year-old Vancouver man is facing multiple child-assault charges after his 4-month-old daughter was hospitalized with more than 10 broken ribs in different stages of healing, a severe skull fracture with a brain bleed, and a broken leg. Jimmy Mitchell appeared in Clark County court this week after allegedly admitting that he repeatedly shook, squeezed and bent the infant’s leg, and dropped her from about five feet during fits of rage while drunk and high.
The infant girl was taken to Randall Children’s Hospital, where Vancouver police detectives were called in to investigate, according to KATU. Doctors there found the extensive rib fractures along with the skull fracture and brain bleed, the station reports, citing a court document. The child is Mitchell’s third.
Mitchell was charged with seven counts of second-degree assault of a child, one count of first-degree assault of a child, and one count of criminal mistreatment, per the same KATU account. He was arrested Sunday and is being held in the Clark County Jail on $200,000 bail. He appeared in court October 6.
Admissions Detailed in Court Document
A probable-cause document cited by the station says Mitchell admitted he squeezed his daughter extremely hard by the torso and legs and purposefully bent her leg back multiple times. He also admitted to assaulting the infant over about one month by repeatedly shaking her violently, the report states…