Joshua Riley and Roshanda Hagens, Missouri parents, have been charged in connection with their 5-month-old son’s 2022 death. The boy’s autopsy revealed a multitude of injuries caused by “severe shaking.” Riley allegedly Googled “shaken baby syndrome” and which countries did not “expedite” back in 2022.
According to a Springfield Police Department probable cause statement, the case started back on July 17, 2022. Hagens brought her 5-month-old to Mercy Hospital, with staff noting that the child was “likely brain dead.” At the time, the boy was not breathing and unresponsive. Days later, he was pronounced dead.
Medical staff noted several worrying injuries in the child’s body. These include multiple bilateral brain bleeds, retinal hemorrhages in both eyes, and bruising on all sides of his head, among many other injuries. A neuropathologist and a subsequent autopsy revealed that the infant’s injuries were attributed to “severe shaking.”…