FRUITPORT, Mich. (WZZM)- A Fruitport man faces the possibility of life in prison for allegedly punching a baby multiple times.
Prosecutors say 23-year old Donald Thomas Bayne hit his girlfriend's 9-month old baby girl in the back of her head because the baby would not stop crying.
He was charged today with first degree child abuse and a life felony for torturing the child. The baby has a fractured skull and is in stable, but very serious condition at Helen DeVos Children's Hospital.
It happened last week at a home on Peach Street in Fruitport while his girlfriend was a work. The Fruitport Fire Department arrived following Bayne's call to 911 to report the baby had stopped breathing.
By Jon Mills