Monday, November 09, 2009 at 6:03 a.m.
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MILLER COUNTY -- The mother of a baby who was found beaten last month in Eldon will be in court today before a Miller County judge.
The Miller County prosecutor charged Jessica and Christopher Blood with felony child abuse last month after their six-week-old son, Ryan, was brought to the hospital with a broken leg.
Doctors quickly discovered the baby had more injuries, including broken ribs, a second broken leg, and a broken arm.
Court documents indicate the couple confessed they had gripped Ryan's body tightly in an effort to get him to stop crying.
The couple was living at a house with Jessica's mother, who investigators say made the couple take the infant to the hospital.