Morgan Hill: Caregiver arrested after toddler suffers brain hemorrhage

The 18-month-old has been released from hospital and is recovering at home, police said.

MORGAN HILL – A 45-year-old Morgan Hill woman has been arrested on suspicion of physically abusing a toddler to the point of causing a brain hemorrhage, police said.

On the afternoon of Feb. 25, officers were called to the 500 block of East Central Avenue in Morgan Hill for a report of an unresponsive 18-month-old child, the Morgan Hill Police Department said in a news release Thursday. They arrived to find the toddler unconscious and taking shallow breaths.

Officers also observed visible injuries on several parts of the child’s body, police said.

The toddler was taken to the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose for treatment. Doctors there discovered the child had suffered a brain hemorrhage, police said.

The toddler has been released from the hospital and is at home recovering, said Sgt. Scott Purvis.

Following an investigation, officers arrested the woman and booked her into Santa Clara County jail on charges of child abuse with great bodily injury and inflicting injury upon a child.

Purvis said the woman was the toddler’s caregiver.

The investigation is ongoing, police said, and anyone with information related to the case can contact Detective Sara Alanis at 669-253-4957 or sara.alanis@morganhill.ca.gov. Tips can also be submitted anonymously at 800-222-TIPS (8477) or www.morgan-hill.ca.gov/FormCenter/Police-14/Morgan-Hill-Crime-Stoppers-88.