NEW YORK (WPIX) — A 1-year-old girl is on life support after she was allegedly beaten by her mother's teen boyfriend in a Bronx apartment last week, authorities said Tuesday.

Jerome Thomas, 19, told investigators he hit the child "with a heavy hand" twice on the side of the head after the mom left the girl in his care for about 45 minutes in the Union Avenue apartment on Thursday night, according to the criminal complaint.

The mom, Le'Nesha Mitchell, came home at around 9 p.m. and found her daughter unconscious in bed with bruising on her face and head, prosecutors said. The girl was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries.

The infant was admitted to the neuro ICU and put on a ventilator after suffering a hemorrhage on the right side of her head and brain swelling, according to cou

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