After a baby girl was admitted to Mission Memorial Hospital in Asheville with severe head trauma in January, the parents of the 4-month-old and her twin brother were charged Wednesday with two counts each of felonious child abuse.
Morganton Public Safety and Burke County Department of Social Services investigated the case against Ernest Lawrance Bilton, 36, and Juanita Nicole Brown, 22, both of 907 Jamestown Road.
The baby girl needed immediate surgery at the time she was admitted. Doctors found evidence of fractures and other head traumas that occurred over an extended period of time.
Public Safety Investigator David Curry said the baby girl is still in Mission Hospital's intensive-care unit.
An examination of the baby boy revealed the same type of injuries, which are consistent with battered-child syndrome and shaken-baby syndrome, investigators said.
The Bilton twins are under the custody of DSS.
Bilton and Brown are being held on $300,000 bonds. Their first court date is Friday.
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