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OGDEN -- A 3-month-old baby is hospitalized with 13 broken bones police allege were inflicted by her father.
Ogden police said Wednesday they were contacted by the Utah Division of Child and Family Services when the little girl was taken by her mother to Primary Children's Medical Center to be treated for broken bones.
"Both lower legs were broken, one arm, multiple ribs and a foot," Ogden Police Lt. Scott Conley said of the injuries.
Detectives questioned both parents. The father, police said, claimed the baby had been injured falling out of bed.
Conley told KSL NewsRadio that under further questioning, the father changed his story.
"He admitted that he became distraught over the child crying and the continued crying," Conley said. "He then recanted the story about self-infliction or self cause of injury."
Police said it appears the baby had been abused for at least a couple of weeks.
Benjamin Willis, 24, was booked into the Weber County Jail on investigation of felony child abuse.
The little girl remains in the hospital, but police do not believe her injuries are life threatening.
E-mail: bwinslow@ksl.com
