Father with ADHD Allegedly Shakes 3-Month-Old Daughter Nearly to Death, Claims ‘Time Blindness’ Led to Forgetting Incident

Authorities in Indiana say that a man is going to spend a lot of time in prison and that his 3-month-old daughter is lucky to be living after suffering multiple injuries that were “near fatal.”

Charges against Kyle James Lawson, 28, were made in Shelby County on Wednesday. They include two counts of neglect of a dependent resulting in serious injury.

Police say that the baby almost died because her father shook her. The suspect, meanwhile, says he or she forgot something.

It was July 13 when the police showed up.

Fox affiliate WXIN in Indianapolis got court papers from the case that show Lawson called 911 to report that his baby girl wasn’t responding.

The baby was rushed to the hospital, but because of how bad the injury was—officials said it was “likely a brain injury”—it was flown to a children’s hospital in Indianapolis.

According to the TV station, doctors at the children’s hospital later found that the baby had 18 broken ribs, all of which were in different stages of healing, a broken left leg, a broken finger on her left hand, blood collecting on both sides of her brain, and blood in three places in her spine.

According to a doctor’s report that the cops used, “the baby’s” set of injuries “indicates abusive head trauma.” “(The baby) had been hurt several times in the weeks before she almost died, as shown by the bruises, subconjunctival hemorrhages, and multiple healing fractures seen on the first X-rays.” The baby was hurt again in the minutes to hours before she almost died, as shown by the medical history of a baby who was otherwise healthy and then had quick respiratory arrest after being hit in the head.

From the start, the defendant is said to have been vague about the injuries, telling officials, “Maybe I shook her, I don’t really know.”

As the probe went on, the girl’s mother said Lawson never directly admitted to hurting their daughter. The mother, on the other hand, “did feel that some of his conversation was an apology for his behavior that hurt the child,” according to the cops.

Still, the cops say they found more and more proof that the father was responsible for what happened to the baby.

“Do I really need to call 911?” Lawson asked the girl’s mother in a text message just before making the call that probably saved her life. “Why in the world did that happen?”

“I don’t like her breathing,” the girl’s mother is said to have said in response.

Lawson is said to have blamed himself again in texts the next day.

He is said to have written the child’s mother, “I’ll never forgive myself for what has happened.” “I will fight until our family is safe.”

Lawson told a different family friend in yet another text message that he had not meant to hurt the girl.

Police say that video footage took away the need to guess.

Charge papers say that Lawson can be seen shaking the baby three times while she was on a changing table, giving the girl rescue breaths, and rolling her over by one of her legs.

People at the children’s hospital were asked to look at the video. The doctor is said to have told police that it showed “the kind of abusive behavior” that would “expect to cause (the) near fatal event.”

Lawson, for his part, told police that he didn’t remember shaking, giving his daughter rescue breaths, or turning her over.

In a second interview, the defendant reportedly tried to explain by telling the police that he has ADHD and experiences “time blindness.” He also said that recent stress had caused him to black out for short periods of time.

The girl was almost amazingly still alive, but she had been hurt for weeks, not just in the “near fatal event” that sent her to the hospital. When asked about the previous trauma, the defendant seemed more sure. He is said to have told police that he was “sure he did not cause the previous injuries.”

Lawson was caught on August 9 by the Shelbyville Police Department. He was given a security bond for $50,055. The person accused will next go to court on Oct. 16.