Deputies arrest Miami-Dade couple after 4-month-old daughter suffers 4 fractures, records show
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A mother and a father faced felony charges on Wednesday in Miami-Dade County after staff at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital admitted their 4-month-old daughter with four rib fractures, records show. Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies reported that the intentional “forceful compression” of the baby’s chest on several occasions had caused the fractures, according to arrest reports. “Testing and evaluation by the child protection team confirmed that the victim had sustained a total of four rib fractures, consisting of one healing fracture and three acute fractures ... the injuries were determined to be consistent with non-accidental trauma,” a deputy wrote, according to the arrest reports. Deputies arrested the baby’s mother, Gabriella Trabraue, and father, Kevin Carrasco, at 12:45 p.m. on Tuesday in Miami-Dade’s Glenvar Heights neighborhood, and corrections booked them at about 2 p.m. on Tuesday, records show. Carrasco, 27, “stated that he believed someone had abused the child ... he did