New suspect charged in Edgefield County abuse, death of child
EDGEFIELD, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - A 30-year-old man has been charged after the ongoing abuse and death of a 3-year-old child, according to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.
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***WARNING: The following details are graphic, and may be considered disturbing for some readers.***
On Wednesday, we learned the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division on Friday charged Caleb Jochen Carter, 30, of Berkeley County, with two counts of unlawfully placing a child at risk of or causing harm or willfully abandoning the child.
According to the arrest warrant affidavit, in October 2020, Carter who had charge or custody of a child was unlawfully placed at unreasonable risk of harm.
The arrest warrant affidavit says Carter placed or allowed to be placed an unsafe mouthpiece in the victim’s mouth that resulted in an upper airway obstruction, which caused the child’s death.
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Before the child’s death, from July to October 2020, Carter did inflict or allowed the infliction of multiple injuries to the child including bruising to multiple body parts, including but not limited to the chest, back, scrotum, eye, ear and jaw, according to the arrest warrant affidavit.
Carter was booked into the Edgefield County Detention Center, authorities say.
The case will be prosecuted by the 11th Circuit Solicitor’s Office, according to SLED.
In the same case, Codi Raye Scott (Carter), 27, was charged in June with two counts of unlawfully placing a child at risk, according to SLED. It’s unclear what the status of her case is.
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