Leitchfield Police were notified about a 1-year-old child who was injured at a local daycare facility on Tuesday (03/11).
Investigators began to look into the incident due to the suspicious nature of the injuries.
Based on a surveillance video, a daycare worker was monitoring a room of small children when the worker approached the victim and pulled the child’s hair.
The child then began to screaming uncontrollably and the worker appears to throw something in the trash can, which officers believe was a handful of hair. The child had a complete bald spot over 6 centimeters of its scalp.
Evidence was secured and the 24-year-old Kesha Cochran, of Leitchfield, was brought into the department on March 12. She admitted to pulling the child’s hair and removing a substantial amount of hair from the child’s head.
She also stated that she did intentionally pulled the child’s hair. Cochran was arrested and charged with first-degree Criminal Abuse.
She was lodged in the Grayson County Detention Center.
The investigation is ongoing.
Source: WBKO
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