Traumatic Brain Injury: Baby's Brain Injury Caused By Hit?

Ethan Tiaiti, age three months, was admitted to Middlemore Kidz First hospital in New Zealand last April. He was found to have fractures to his skull and his thighs and bleeding in his brain and behind his eyes. Ethan's father, Andrew Wepiha, is currently on trial for having intentionally caused harm to his son.

Baby's brain injury 'may be result of single blow'

Medical experts testified that one of Ethan's skull fractures was recent but another likely had been caused some time earlier. While there is some dispute about when the injuries occurred, forensic pathologist Rex Ferris says that the injuries are "absolutely typical of non-accidental abusive injuries." Wepiha maintains that he "never touched" the baby.