Medford, Ore. – A woman has been charged with assault after police said she may have shook an infant she was babysitting.
Medford Police say 25-year-old Alicia Marie Gunn was taking care of a friend’s 7 to 8-month old baby girl at around 1:00 p.m. on August 11 in the 1700 block of Dakota Avenue in Medford.
That’s when police believe she shook the infant.
Police found the baby breathing but unconscious.
Police say cases like these aren’t very common in medford, but they are always difficult.
“We have those cases and we have detectives that are trained to investigate those cases. They are certainly very sensitive and they’re challenging because you don’t have a victim that’s able to tell you what happened,” Lieutenant Kerry Curtis said.
Police say detectives rely on medical input from doctors and the type of trauma the child has sustained in cases like these.
According to police, the infant is still suffering from seizures and bleeding in the brain.
Her parents are with her up at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Portland.
Police say Gunn was indicted by a grand jury today.
Gunn was lodged at the Jackson County Jail on $250,000 bail.
The investigation on the case is complete.
Now it’s in the hands of the district attorney.
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