BROCKTON – A grand jury has indicted a woman charged with physically abusing her two-month-old child, Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz has announced.
Today, a Plymouth County grand jury indicted Jillian Timmons, 34, on two counts of Assault and Battery on a Child Causing Serious Bodily Injury, and one count of Reckless Endangerment of a Child.
Timmons was charged after a two-week investigation by Massachusetts State Police assigned to the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office and Abington Police.
On July 17th, a mandated reporter at South Shore Hospital contacted authorities about the suspected physical abuse of Timmons’ daughter, after Timmons brought her into South Shore Hospital for treatment. The infant had a core temperature of 93 degrees, and had bruises on the left and right sides of her face. As a result, she was medflighted to Children’s Hospital in Boston. It has been determined that the infant suffered serious brain bleeds that were several days old, and consistent with physical abuse and blunt force trauma. The injuries are believed to be so severe that the infant may never walk, speak, feed or care for themself.
Timmons will be arraigned in Brockton Superior Court at a later date.
