Wesley Palmer pleaded guilty in Clark County Superior Court to a charge of first-degree attempted assault on a child. Vancouver police were contacted back on May 31 after the baby’s parents brought him to an emergency room.
Vancouver police were contacted after the baby’s parents brought him to an emergency room. He was suffering a seizure and not breathing, a doctor said. The baby was transferred to Randall Children’s Hospital in Portland, according to an affidavit of probable cause.
A doctor reported the infant was suffering a seizure and not breathing before being transferred to Randall Children’s Hospital in Portland. A CT scan found old and new brain bleeds and a skull fracture. Court records show the doctor said those injuries “were consistent with abusive head trauma.”
Deputy Prosecutor Erik Podorah said Wednesday the baby was hospitalized for about a week and then had to be hospitalized again about two weeks later.
Palmer apologized, saying “I should’ve been protecting my son, and now I feel I have to protect him from me.”
