Overview
- Ashley Karschnick, 32, was charged with one count of physical abuse of a child and received a $2,500 cash bond.
- An Oct. 13 criminal complaint describes video that allegedly shows the worker handling the 3-month-old roughly in a crib and the infant later exhibiting a limp arm.
- A doctor reported the fracture as consistent with inflicted trauma, though the precise cause could not be confirmed.
- Police say they arrested Karschnick on Oct. 20 following multiple interviews and a review of surveillance footage at Lily Pad Day Care.
- The infant’s injury was discovered after pickup and the child was referred from a local hospital to Children’s Hospital in Milwaukee; investigators continue to seek tips with assistance from county and state child-welfare agencies.