The boy’s mother, 23-year-old Jessica Linscott and her boyfriend, 27-year-old Roland Dow, are wanted for first degree assault, charges that were upgraded last Tuesday from child endangerment.
Police in Plaistow received a call last week from Exeter Hospital that a child with significant head injuries was admitted there.
The boy was later taken to Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth in Lebanon, where he is recovering after surgery.
Police Lt. William Baldwin said the boy’s condition is improving but his recovery will be long and difficult. His vision is also impaired. Baldwin called the child’s injuries disturbing.
The boyfriend is now facing two felonies for allegedly striking the little boy in the head causing a traumatic brain injury, and burning the boy’s wrist and fingers.
Both the boyfriend and the mother face multiple misdemeanors for failing to protect the child or seek medical care because of seizures and symptoms connected to the beating.
At a news conference Wednesday in New Hampshire, Rockingham County Attorney Jim Reams said the abuse happened multiple times over a one-month period.
Tips have come in from as far away as Arizona, but police believe the two are likely still in the area, still together, and likely using a car.
“No matter where you go we’re going to find you, so surrender yourself and let’s do this the easy way,” said Reams.
U.S. Marshals, the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Department and Newton police are helping investigators.
Portland Police have confirmed they know about this situation and are on the look out for the New Hampshire couple.
This information is according to our media partners WBZ-TV in Boston, MA.
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