‘I’m going to give you shaking baby syndrome’: Mother accused in infant son’s death

KOKOMO, Ind. (WISH) — Law enforcement successful Kokomo are searching for a pistillate wanted for her child’s decease that occurred successful April.

Nicole Groleau, 30, of Kokomo, is wanted connected 2 counts of artillery resulting successful bodily wounded to a idiosyncratic little than 14 years of property and 1 number of artillery resulting successful decease to a idiosyncratic little than 14 years of age.

According to tribunal documents, connected April 25 astir 1 a.m., officers with the Kokomo Police Department and Howard County deputies responded to reports of an unconscious and unresponsive 10-month-old kid successful the 1600 artifact of Rue Royal North.

Authorities recovered the unresponsive kid lying connected the level of the residence, with bruises connected the sides of his face, temple area, forehead and leg.

The child’s babysitter, Groleau’s fellow and different kid were contiguous astatine the residence erstwhile constabulary arrived, KPD says. Groleau arrived astatine the residence a abbreviated clip aft responding crews, saying she had heard the petition for work connected her constabulary scanner portion she was astatine work.

Police accidental that Howard County deputies performed thorax compressions until medics arrived astatine the scene. The kid was past transported by ambulance to St. Vincent Hospital, wherever helium was pronounced dead.

Medics and nurses astatine the infirmary pointed retired respective suspicious bruises, including caller purple and dark-colored bruises connected the child’s cervix that resembled digit marks.

In an interrogation with a typical from the Department of Child Safety, Groleau claimed that the child’s bruises apt came from his predominant falls. KPD says she aboriginal commented that the kid was amended disconnected dead, saying helium could present beryllium with his father.

Groleau refused a petition from DCS to supply an oral cause screen. Police accidental she besides refused an connection to spot the child’s assemblage successful the ER.

In an interrogation with KPD, a household subordinate claimed that Groleau offered him custody of the kid connected aggregate occasions, arsenic agelong arsenic helium would let her to assertion the taxation credit.

Another household subordinate said helium didn’t judge Groleau wanted the kid anymore.

According to respective witnesses, Groleau shook her babe aggregate times earlier his death. One witnesser recalled Groleau saying, “I’m going to springiness you shaking babe syndrome,” portion shaking the child.

According to police, a household subordinate saw Groleau shingle the kid astir 4 days earlier his decease to halt him from crying. The aforesaid household subordinate informed constabulary that Groleau had been “messed up” since the child’s begetter died.

An autopsy conducted by the Howard County Coroner’s Office revealed hemorrhages connected the child’s assemblage successful summation to the bruising observed by archetypal responders.

In a hunt of Groleau’s residence, investigators recovered a smoking instrumentality that was identified arsenic a “methamphetamine pipe,” different smoking instrumentality and a integrative container containing imaginable cause residue.

Groleau, who is presently connected parole done the Indiana Department of Corrections, was fixed a urine cause surface astatine her residence that came backmost clean, but witnesses claimed she “faked” the test.

Police past obtained a location cause trial Groleau had taken soon earlier the screen. The trial was affirmative for methamphetamine and marijuana, KPD says.

A warrant for Groleau’s apprehension was issued connected June 30. Police person asked for the public’s assistance successful locating her.