A Columbia man was denied bond today after he was charged in the beating and shaking of a 2-year-old girl left in his care.
The 2-year-old is in critical condition at Palmetto Health Richland with internal and external injuries, Richland County Sheriff's spokesman Chris Cowan said.
Danny Nichols, 22, was charged with inflicting great bodily injury unpon a child in the incident, Cowan said.
Nichols, who is the live-in boyfriend of the child's mom, was babysitting while the mom was at work, Cowan said.
It's unclear how long the child was in Nichols' care before she was taken by a relative to the Hopkins Fire Department about 11:30 a.m. Sunday.
Cowan would not release any details about the relative nor the cicrumstances around the relative finding the child and taking her to the hospital.
The child had extensive injuries all over her body and had to be transported by Richland County EMS to the hospital, Cowan said.
He would not release any details of her injuries, nor say if she was beating with any object.
"She was beaten and shaken violently. It's unknown what's going to happen," Cowan said. "Her injuries are very, very extensive all over her body."
No one else is expected to be charged in the case, he said.
she passed yesterday evening & he is being charged with murder...
A Columbia man was denied bond today after he was charged in the beating and shaking of a 2-year-old girl left in his care.
The 2-year-old is in critical condition at Palmetto Health Richland with internal and external injuries, Richland County Sheriff's spokesman Chris Cowan said.
Danny Nichols, 22, was charged with inflicting great bodily injury unpon a child in the incident, Cowan said.
Nichols, who is the live-in boyfriend of the child's mom, was babysitting while the mom was at work, Cowan said.
It's unclear how long the child was in Nichols' care before she was taken by a relative to the Hopkins Fire Department about 11:30 a.m. Sunday.
Cowan would not release any details about the relative nor the cicrumstances around the relative finding the child and taking her to the hospital.
The child had extensive injuries all over her body and had to be transported by Richland County EMS to the hospital, Cowan said.
He would not release any details of her injuries, nor say if she was beating with any object.
"She was beaten and shaken violently. It's unknown what's going to happen," Cowan said. "Her injuries are very, very extensive all over her body."
No one else is expected to be charged in the case, he said.
she passed yesterday evening & he is being charged with murder...
We signed the "Danny Nichols DESERVES death penalty" petition!
# 24:
7:58 pm PST, Nov 1,Carole Hagen, Oregon
# 23:
8:22 am PDT, Oct 18,Lindsey Marcoux, Canada
The Man beat a defensiveless child what a coward .....
# 22:
3:16 pm PDT, Oct 16,Christiane Henker, Germany
# 21:
3:55 am PDT, Oct 16,Name not displayed, South Carolina
I know this guy personally. He has a very bad temper. I have actually seen him put his hands on a previous girlfriend. Ths baby girl, Lola did not deserve this. I have children, and my kids were around him numerous times. My son says he is sick, and a monster for doing this. He claims he could not afford his medication, but guess what he could afford his daily weed. Go to his Myspace Trey Nichols 22 years old South Carolina. Trey is what he goes by herew in the country. He deserves to die just as this innocent child has. nj
# 20:
2:38 am PDT, Oct 16,Steve Klein, Virginia
# 19:
11:44 pm PDT, Oct 15,RUBY Childers, Kentucky
I know my daughter was accused of child abuse that was totally lies and I could not think of one of my children being beaten to death. I had a cousin that was two years old beaten to death and the mother an live in boy friend walked away with probation, now walking the streets. iI think the justice system needs to have extinsive investigations on any type of child abuse.What is the justice system for?? death to this man...
# 18:
8:42 pm PDT, Oct 15,Christy King, Texas
# 17:
10:29 am PDT, Oct 15,Rachelle Weisel, Illinois
# 16:
8:21 am PDT, Oct 15,DENA HARRIS, Georgia
# 15:
12:00 am PDT, Oct 15,Panagiotis Rigopoulos, Greece
# 14:
8:50 pm PDT, Oct 14,Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
Anyone who harms a child should be put down. They rob up to 100 years from a person and all that knew the victim will never be the same. The second wrong was the murderer not stopping. What, were aliens controling him/her.
# 13:
8:48 pm PDT, Oct 14,Dick Artley, Idaho
# 12:
8:41 pm PDT, Oct 14,Dalton Saunders, North Carolina
When it comes to child abusers, they all need to be locked up and have the key thrown away
# 11:
7:25 pm PDT, Oct 14,Lisa Salazar, California
This monster deserves the death penalty!
# 10:
7:14 pm PDT, Oct 14,Becky Le compte, Texas
# 9:
5:53 pm PDT, Oct 14,Kris Wirth, Idaho
put him in a cage, weld the door and bury it ...but two wrongs don`t make a right.
# 8:
2:44 pm PDT, Oct 14,Kyle S, New Jersey
# 7:
2:26 pm PDT, Oct 14,Kathryn Stone, Georgia
# 6:
10:17 am PDT, Oct 14,Chaz Gaily Berlusconi, South Africa
# 5:
10:09 am PDT, Oct 14,Shauneen Kolesarek, Nevada
I don't know what to say i am crying as i sign this petition. How could you destroy an innocent,helpless,beautiful child?
# 4:
8:49 am PDT, Oct 14,Marleen Geudens, Belgium
# 3:
8:40 am PDT, Oct 14,Tara Gonzales, California
# 2:
8:36 am PDT, Oct 14,Julie Jamieson, United Kingdom
