Katy Dad Accused Of Abusing Infant Son Arrested At Hospital

KATY, TX — A 27-year-old man is behind bars after he was accused of beating his infant son and causing serious head injuries. Luis Angel Pacheco is charged with causing serious bodily injury to his 2-week-old son, investigators said

EMS personnel were called on Monday to a home in the 16600 block of Gaeldom Drive in west Harris County.

The child was taken to Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus in Katy suffering from serious head trauma.

Doctors alerted investigators after the injuries on the child were inconsistent with the father’s statement to them.

Doctors noticed the child had numerous blunt force injuries to his skull and other blunt force injuries on his stomach and groin area.

Investigators say Pacheco told them he was trying to change his son’s diaper when child began to cry. He was trying to calm him down by holding him and change the diaper on the infant, and dropped the child on the concrete floor.

Pacheco told investigators he noticed the injury to the child’s head but did not tell his wife. The child’s mother was in another part of the home during the incident.

Pacheco said that after a few hours the child’s breathing became labored and they called 911. Police said Pacheco could not explain the other injuries to the child or how they occurred.

He is being held on a $25,000 bond with a court appearance scheduled for Wednesday.

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