Fulton woman accused of child abuse
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A Fulton woman was charged in Callaway County on Tuesday with first-degree endangering the welfare of a child.
Stephanie Deere, 27, is being held at the Callaway County Jail on a $10,000 bond. A court date has not been scheduled.
The probable cause statement says Deere and a witness brought the child to University Hospital on July 7 for injuries that included swelling and bruising near the child’s eye. Deere first allegedly claimed the child fell, but a doctor who specializes in identifying child abuse claimed “These are all areas unlikely to be bruised or hit during an accident or accidental fall,” court documents say.
Deere later eventually told investigators that she threw the child on their bed and their head landed near a wooden bed frame, the statement says. Deere allegedly told authorities she was upset the child would not stay in bed, court documents allege.