A woman was arrested after a 2-month-old baby was taken to an emergency room for a skull fracture.
Officers responded to Grand Strand Regional Hospital around 9:30 p.m. on August 22 in reference to “an infant with a skull fracture,” according to an incident report from the Horry County Police Department. A responding officer spoke with medical personnel upon arriving at the hospital. They reported that the infant was brought to the emergency room with a suspicious head injury, which was reportedly received at a family residence.
The report lists a suspect as 22-year-old Zoey Singleton.
According to J. Reuben Long Detention Center booking records, Singleton, of Murrells Inlet, was booked around 7:15 a.m. on Wednesday. She is charged with unlawful neglect of child or helpless person by legal custodian and bond is set at $7,500. Singleton was released around 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
