Overview
- Nicholas Shanks, 27, and Shelby Kuntz, 25, appeared in court Friday and were ordered held on $500,000 full cash bonds each.
- Police say a 2-year-old from the home arrived at UofL Hospital in full cardiac arrest by private transport without a 911 call, was resuscitated, and later showed a skull fracture, healing rib fractures, missing teeth, extensive bruising, severe anemia, and elevated injury markers.
- Detectives checking the residence found a 1-year-old with obvious trauma who was taken to Norton Children’s Hospital, where staff noted possible multiple skull fractures, a possible jaw fracture, blood inside the skull, facial lacerations, severe anemia, and extreme emaciation.
- Both parents face counts including assault–domestic violence, criminal abuse of a child 12 or under, wanton endangerment, and endangering the welfare of a minor, and Shanks also faces possession of a controlled substance and promoting contraband after a crystalline substance consistent with meth was found during booking and sent for testing.
- Court documents state the parents reported being the only caregivers for the children, LMPD’s Special Victims Unit and CPS are leading the investigation, and the police chief publicly condemned the injuries while urging Kentuckians to report suspected abuse.