Overview

• A mother and her partner took the nine-month-old to Sapri hospital on June 5 after he lost consciousness and later transferred him by air ambulance to Santobono pediatric hospital in Naples.
• Doctors diagnosed fractures to the infant’s skull, femur and neck and performed a complex emergency operation to stabilize him.
• The baby’s condition remains critical under reserved prognosis at Santobono following the surgery.
• Carabinieri units from Vibonati and Naples have launched an inquiry into how the injuries occurred, focusing on the home environment where the child lived.
• Investigators have interviewed the mother, her current partner and the father, who maintains he was not present when the trauma happened, as authorities examine prior family disputes.