The Seattle Times published a story today about a man held on suspected child-abuse charges. The abuse incident may have occurred in Renton, Kent or Seattle, and our police are involved in investigating. Mayor Law filled us in on this yesterday.

—–Original Message—–
From: Denis Law [mailto:DLaw@ci.renton.wa.us]
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 3:51 PM
To: Don Persson; Greg Taylor; King Parker; Marcie Palmer; Randy Corman; Rich Zwicker; Terri Briere

Subject: Child abuse

Dear Council Members,

You may hear some item on the news involving the assault of a 2-year-old in the Renton Highlands. The youngster was first brought to Valley Medical Center by his mother and transferred to Harborview’s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in very critical condition.

According to medical personnel, the child was suffering with severe bruising, trauma and a possible head injury in addition to other injuries. Police suspect that the victim was assaulted on multiple occasions and have the mother’s boyfriend in custody for investigation. Police are unsure where the assaults took place and are looking at locations in the Highlands, Kent and Seattle. The prognosis for the child is very poor. We’ll let you know as we learn of new details.

Denis