LAFAYETTE CO., Miss. (WMC) - A man and woman were arrested for child abuse, according to the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Department.

On Friday, May 30, the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office responded to Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, Mississippi, to take a complaint of a one-year-old child with many unexplained injuries.

Due to the severity of the injuries, the child was sent to Memphis’ Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital.

Following an investigation, Uriel Cruz, 26, and Teresa Mendez, 25, of Lafayette County, were each charged with two counts of felony child abuse.

They were booked into the Lafayette County Detention Center.

Cruz and Mendez made their initial appearance in Lafayette County Court on Monday.

The district attorney’s office has filed a request to reject bond, and a bond

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