By
WSIL Manager
BENTON -- A Franklin County man has been arrested for harming his
infant daughter.
Jonathan Knepp, 28, of rural Benton, is charged with aggravated battery of a child, a class X felony. Knepp was arrested Thursday after an investigation by the Franklin County Sheriff's Office, Benton Police Department, and the Illinois Child Death Task Force.
In court documents, authorities allege Knepp shook the 6-week-old in a "violent manner."
Sheriff Don Jones says the infant was taken by ambulance to Franklin Hospital on March 15 and later transferred to a St. Louis hospital where it was discovered she had suffered a brain injury. Jones says the infant has since been released from the hospital and is in the care of family members.
Knepp is being held in the Franklin County Jail on $300,000 bond. He is expected to make his first court appearance Monday.
Jonathan Knepp, 28, of rural Benton, is charged with aggravated battery of a child, a class X felony. Knepp was arrested Thursday after an investigation by the Franklin County Sheriff's Office, Benton Police Department, and the Illinois Child Death Task Force.
In court documents, authorities allege Knepp shook the 6-week-old in a "violent manner."
Sheriff Don Jones says the infant was taken by ambulance to Franklin Hospital on March 15 and later transferred to a St. Louis hospital where it was discovered she had suffered a brain injury. Jones says the infant has since been released from the hospital and is in the care of family members.
Knepp is being held in the Franklin County Jail on $300,000 bond. He is expected to make his first court appearance Monday.
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