Overview

• The 8-week-old was taken to a Bremerton ER on August 7 for vomiting and diarrhea, then transferred to Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital, where doctors found a brain bleed, 20 rib fractures, and six metaphyseal fractures in various stages of healing.
• Investigators said the pattern was consistent with shaking and determined the injuries most likely occurred while the infant was in her mother’s care.
• Kitsap County prosecutors filed first-degree attempted murder and first-degree assault of a child charges, and a warrant was issued on September 3.
• Shannon McNease was arrested on September 4 in the Shelton area and booked into Kitsap County Jail, with bond set at $1 million.
• The child survived and is with family members, and authorities have not indicated whether McNease has entered a plea or retained an attorney.