Detectives with Kentucky State Police, Post 4 arrested a Hardin County couple on abuse charges after a 5-year-old was treated for suspicious injuries.
On Sunday (01/08) around 4:30 p.m., the Hardin County Department for Community Based Services contacted the Kentucky State Police regarding a 5-year-old that was originally brought into Baptist Health Hardin. The child was airlifted to Norton Children’s Hospital in Louisville for treatment described as life-threatening injuries.
Kentucky State Police Post 4 detectives arrested the victim’s father, 25 year-ld Clovis E. Smith, of Rineyville, and his girlfriend, 23 year-old Satrina Layne, also of Rineyville.
Both Smith and Layne were charged with Criminal Abuse 1st Degree, Victim Under 12, and were lodged in the Hardin Detention Center.
The investigation remains ongoing by the Kentucky State Police.
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