Menallen Township woman charged in child abuse case
State police charged a Menallen Township woman Wednesday for allegedly injuring her infant daughter so badly that a doctor reported the 2-month-old had “too many bruises to count.”
Aubree Jean Renee Hale, 21, faces felony charges of aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of children.
According to the criminal complaint, on July 8 Hale’s daughter was transported from their home at the Village of Searights to WVU Uniontown Hospital. The infant had bruises on her entire body.
Hale told investigators that at about 3 a.m. July 7, she fell asleep with her daughter on her chest and woke up to the baby crying on the floor.
According to the complaint, one of the victim’s siblings reported seeing Hale slap the baby in the face, throw her on the bed, throw pillows at her, and grab her by the neck.
Charging documents contain an excerpt of a UPMC Children’s Hospital doctor’s written report. The Pittsburgh doctor took note of the extensive bruising all over the victim’s body.
“She was hurt by an adult multiple times over multiple planes of her body. It is difficult for me to conceive of how these injuries all could have happened at the same time. There has been plausible history to explain this child’s extensive bruising or brain injury and this infant did not injure herself,” the doctor wrote.
There is an active warrant for Hale’s arres