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A Fairfield, CA., infant is in the hospital with a skull fracture, brain hemorrhaging, and partially bitten-off nose after being attacked by his father.
Fairfield police say Joshua Cooper, 18, "bit off his 1-month-old baby's nose in frustration over the child's crying."
"It's terrible. It's terrible. Literally heartbroken. I can't believe it," a neighbor who wanted to remain anonymous told News 10.
Police were called to Cooper's apartment just after 8 a.m. Thursday morning by the baby's hysterical mother who reported her child was bleeding from the nose.
"There was a substantial amount of blood," Fairfield Police Sgt. Troy Oviatt said. "It was a fairly gruesome scene."
Police weren't sure what had happened until they found the baby's nose on the floor of the bedroom.
"The investigation revealed the father bit the child's nose off while he was crying and he was frustrated he was not able to ease the child's crying." Oviatt added.
The infant boy is in stable condition at Oakland Children's Hospital with a third of his nose missing. Police still aren't sure how he sustained the head injuries.
Cooper was arrested and booked on charges of child cruelty and aggravated mayhem.
Source: gawker.com
