Ep. 40 | Glass Baby
MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries
Audible | Ballen Studios
4.7 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 9 July 2024
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
A couple in Colorado is accused of child abuse when their infant daughter is diagnosed with multiple fractures in her legs. The ordeal threatens to break the family apart – and there may be no putting them back together.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey Prime members, you can Binge episodes 33 through 40 of Mr. Bollin's Medical Mysteries right now and |
| 0:06.7 | ad free on Amazon Music. Download the app today. Two social workers sat behind a desk looking looking couple. |
| 0:25.0 | The social workers tackled troubling cases all the time, |
| 0:28.0 | but this one was especially hard to stomach. |
| 0:31.0 | That day, a doctor had called the social workers about an infant |
| 0:34.5 | that the doctor was sure was being abused. He said this case was very serious and |
| 0:39.9 | he wanted the social workers to come and take custody of this child right now, before anybody else could hurt this little girl again. |
| 0:47.0 | The social workers had gone over to the hospital right away, and the evidence the doctor showed them was truly shocking. |
| 0:54.7 | From what they could see, this three-month-old baby hadn't just been hurt once, but many, many |
| 0:59.8 | times. |
| 1:01.1 | The parents denied doing anything to their child and talked about how much they cared for their child, |
| 1:06.0 | but the social workers had seen plenty of crocodile tears before, |
| 1:09.5 | and so they knew whatever happened next, |
| 1:11.5 | this couple would not be going home with their baby. |
| 1:14.8 | And frankly, if the social workers had their way, these parents would never come anywhere near |
| 1:19.2 | their baby ever again. From Wundry, I'm Indravama and this is the Spy Who. |
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| 1:56.5 | secrets. |
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