SELMA, Ind. — Two Selma parents face severe criminal charges after their 2-month-old child was found to be suffering from life-threatening injuries that doctors believed were the result of child abuse.

Mystique Scott, 22, and Shon Taylor, 20, were arrested on Wednesday on preliminary charges of neglect of a dependent resulting in catastrophic injury, a Level 1 felony.

According to court documents, Delaware County Sheriff's Department deputies were contacted on Aug. 1 after a severely injured infant arrived at the Peyton Manning Children's Hospital in Indianapolis. Doctors told deputies the 2-month-old child had multiple fractures to various parts of its body and cited the injuries as severe and life-threatening.

Deputies spoke to the child's parents, Scott and Taylor, who offered little

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