A father in Texas has been arrested for allegedly abusing his 6-week-old daughter, squeezing the newborn so hard he broke her ribs and pulling her legs so hard that he fractured her legs in multiple places.

Rodolfo Rosette was taken into custody on Monday and charged with one count of felony injury to a child, court records show. Under Texas law, the charge, a first-degree felony, is punishable by up to life in a state correctional facility.

The victim was admitted to Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth earlier this month with a spate of horrific injuries that doctors said were consistent with child abuse. The infant's condition led the medical staff to contact the Abilene Police Department, Victoria CBS affiliate KXTS reported .

The baby's injuries included "fractures to her r

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