Jerrica Shreib, 19 and boyfriend, Donald Coons, 42 wrere arrested this past weekend in Everett, Washington and were being held on Monday for investigation of first-degree criminal treatment of Schreib’s 3-month old daughter, known only by the initials “MMS”. Three-month old MMS suffered long-term abuse of rib fractures, a severely broken arm, a black eye, a gash on her chin, pneumonia and meningitis and was found to have Methamphetamine in her system. Schreib called 911 on December 18th, saying the baby suffered an allergic reaction and was unresponsive. Baby MMS was flown to Seattle Children’s Hospital back on December 18th where she later died.

“This baby was tortured; there is no way anyone didn’t know what was going on with this baby”-anonymous doctor at Seattle Children’s

Schreib and Coons, who are homeless were staying at a hotel in Everett, Washington with Coons’ three daughters, 14, 13 and 11 years old. The girls, who had been living with Coons and Schreib, told detectives MMS had been “constantly crying” for weeks and that their father and Schreib were giving the infant Tylenol. The girls thought the child’s arm was broken and they asked Coons and Schreib to take her to the doctor, according to court documents. They also overheard their father and Schreib “discussing concerns of the child’s condition looking like child abuse if they took her to the Doctor.” Coons’ daughters also said that Schreib rarely helped care for Baby MMS and would become frustrated when she cried.

“As the biological parent (Schreib) and adult (Coons) who assumed the responsibility to provide a dependent person the basic necessities of life, they recklessly caused great bodily harm to MMS by withholding medical care from her when she was in obvious medical distress and ultimately died from her injuries and/or illness.”-Police testimony in court documents.