GUILTY LA - Jayla Broussard, 3 mos, beaten to death, Abbeville, 25 Nov 2012

Spurser said:

http://www.katc.com/news/3-month-old-girl-dies-from-blunt-force-trauma-to-the-head/

I saw this on the news this morning. So sad. I ask myself, what could a three month old possibly do that would make someone feel the need to beat her? Did she cry too loud, did she wet her diaper, did she want someone to hold her? I guess that was asking too much from these pitiful excuses for human beings.

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Broussard died of head trauma last week in a Baton Rouge hospital. She is also said to have had a broken wrist and fractured ribs.

The mother and boyfriend told hospital officials that the injuries were caused when Jayla fell out of the bed. Hospital officials did not believe their story based on the type of injuries.

An arrest or multiple arrests could come as early as today.

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The next step in the case involving the death last December of three-month-old Jayla Broussard will be decided by a Vermilion Parish grand jury after the police department just received the autopsy report in Broussard’s death.

Read more: VermilionToday.com - Grand jury to hear case in death of 3 month old Abbeville police get autopsy of baby four months after her death..

The Abbeville police said Wednesday that the autopsy results returned information that Broussard died as result of blunt force trauma to the head.

The police did not make an arrest after an initial investigation.

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An Abbeville man has been indicted on second-degree murder charges in the death of his girlfriend's 3-month-old daughter.

Shane Jude Vincent, 25, was also indicted on a charge of tampering with evidence in the death of Jayla Broussard last November.

The child's mother, Mindy Jane Broussard, who turns 24 today, also was indicted on a charge of tampering with evidence. The grand jury, however, declined to indict her on second-degree murder or criminal negligence charges...

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An autopsy was also performed on the body of Jayla Broussard and according to the pathologist’s report, the death was ruled as a homicide.

The autopsy report stated that the cause of death was blunt force trauma. The child suffered from a fractured skull, fractured wrist and fractured ribs. These injuries were not consistent with a baby falling from a bed.

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Judge Ed Broussard sentenced Shane Vincent to seven years at hard labor.

Vincent entered a plea agreement with the state.

Vincent originally faced a second-degree murder charge, as well as obstruction of justice, in connection to Broussard’s death in November of 2012. He pleaded not guilty to those charges. Vincent withdrew that plea and entered a plea of no contest to the amended charge of manslaughter. The state dismissed the two counts to obstruction to justice.

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JusticeWillBeServed said:

June 2017:

Abbeville man sentenced for death of 3-month old baby

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