Police: "Girl, 2, contracted MRSA from beating"

Police: Girl, 2, contracted MRSA from beating
Investigators in Granite Falls said the boyfriend of the girl's mother threw her against a bed frame and hit her with a switch. The girl contracted a drug-resistant staph infection from the cuts suffered during the beatings. Read more »
By Bryan Johnson & KOMO Staff GRANITE FALLS, Wash. -- Police have arrested a woman and her boyfriend after a 2-year-old girl was found with multiple abuse injuries, one of which led to her contracting a drug-resistant staph infection.

Robert Beers has been booked into the Snohomish County Jail for investigation of assault of a child, and the girl's mother was booked for investigation of criminal mistreatment.

Investigators said a tip led them to the home on October 18, and officers immediately took custody of the girl and her 6-year-old brother after seeing signs of abuse.

Officer Don Lauer said a doctor who examined the girl found three broken ribs that the girl likely suffered several months ago, as well as cuts and bruises on the back of her legs.

"The doctors said that the markings on the back of the child's legs were consistent with markings from a beating with a switch," Lauer said.

Doctors said the girl contracted methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from the leg injuries.
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