Tragic final moments of newborn captured
Heartbreaking photos have emerged of a baby taking her last breaths in the hospital after her father allegedly beat her while her mother was in the hospital.
Del’Shawn Banks, 23, is accused of killing seven-week-old Del’Luna Banks after she suffered a fractured skull.
The baby's mother, Cortney Jones, had been in hospital with birth complications and received a call saying her baby "wasn't breathing".
“I’m sitting in the wheelchair waiting to get rolled back to the room and I get the call my baby wasn’t breathing and the dad’s crying,” she told US news outlet Wave3.
“They tell me her heart has stopped and she’s not breathing and they are going to do a CT scan to see what’s wrong.
“They do the CT scan and see she has bleeding in her head, she has a skull fracture, and that they believe somebody hurt her.”
The father allegedly admitted to shaking his baby daughter and throwing her on the ground.
Cortney is disgusted by him, calling him a "monster".
“I don’t understand how you could hurt our baby girl in any shape, way or form,” she said.
“The one time I’m gone for more than two hours, this happens. A complete monster.
“You’re expecting to live a long life with your child, to make memories, and I have only two months’ worth of memories.
“That’s just not enough.”
Banks appeared in court on Tuesday, with his bail set for $332,000.