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NOW TO AN UPDATE ON BABY FAITH. JUDGE LARRY THORNE TODAY GRANTED TEMPORARY CUSTODY TO
FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES. THE PARENTS OF FAITH MASON DID NOT SHOW UP TO COURT FOR
THE "SHOW CAUSE" HEARING. A SHOW CAUSE HEARING ALLOWS BOTH SIDES TO PRESENT EVIDENCE TO TRY
TO PROVE THEIR CASE. ### FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES TESTIFIED THAT BABY FAITH IS ON A
VENTILATOR AND IS UNABLE TO BREATHE WITHOUT IT. 12 NEWS H-D REPORTER VANESSA HOLMES JOINS
US IN STUDIO .. WITH DISTURBING DETAILS OF WHAT FAITH'S MOTHER HAS ADMITTING DOING TO
THE BABY. VANESSA? ### IT WAS AN EMOTIONAL DAY IN THE COURTROOM AS DETAILS ON BABY FAITH'S
CONDITION WERE RELEASED FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE AGENCY TESTIFIED THAT BABY FAITH IS ON
A VENTILATOR, UNCONSCIOUS, AND REMAINS SEDATED. AND THE QUALITY OF HER LIFE IS IN SERIOUS
QUESTION ... BECAUSE EVEN IF SHE SURVIVES ... SHE COULD LIVE IN A VEGETATIVE STATE.
### 00-09 46-52 SOT: IN FAITH'S CASE, WE CAN'T HOLD HER BECAUSE HER INJURIES ARE SO SIGNIFICANT
IT WOULD BE DAMAGING BUT WE CAN TALK TO HER . UNABLE TO FIGHT BACK TEARS. NATS "IM SORRY"
JAMIE HOGGUE'S HEART IS IN HOUSTON. THE COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES VOLUNTEER IS ONE
OF MANY WHO TRAVELS TO HOUSTON TO CARE FOR AN INFANT UNABLE TO FIGHT FOR HERSELF. SOT:
"WHEN YOU HAVE A CHILD WHO HAS BEEN BEATEN SO SEVERELY, SHE SIMPLY MUST HAVE SOMEBODY
TO STAND UP BECAUSE SHE CAN'T DO IT FOR HERSELF." HOGGUE SAT IN ON THURSDAY'S HEARING... WHERE
FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES DETAILED BABY FAITH'S INJURIES: WHICH INCLUDE BLUNT FORCE
TRAUMA TO THE HEAD, BLEEDING IN HER BRAIN, CONTINUOUS SEDATION FOR PAIN, AND VENTILATION.
SOT RANDI: "FAITH IS NOT ABLE TO BREATHE ON HER OWN. SHE REQUIRES A VENTILATOR AND WHEN
THEY'VE TRIED TO TAKE HER OFF THAT VENTILATOR, SHE DOES NOT BREATHE." RANDI KING WORKS FOR
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE... AND WAS HOPING FAITH'S PARENTS WOULD ATTEND-- THEY
WERE A NO-SHOW. SOT RANDI: "PEOPLE WHO ABUSE INFANTS LIKE THIS DON'T NORMALLY DO IT IN
FRONT OF OTHER PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY'RE COWARDS." TESTIFYING THURSDAY WAS FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE
SERVICES WORKER TISHA FRANCIS... WHO RESPONDED TO THE EMERGENCY PHYSICAL ABUSE CALL. IN HER
AFFIDAVIT, FRANCIS STATED FAITH HAD A BLACK EYE AND BRUISING TO HER BOTTOM.... THAT THE
CHILD'S MOTHER ADMITTED TO SHAKING FAITH ... AND THAT THE FATHER KICKED THE BABY WHILE SHE
WAS SLEEPING. IT GOES ON TO SAY THE FATHER DENIED THOSE ALLEGATIONS. THE STAFF AT CHILDREN'S
HOSPITAL SAY FAITH'S NECK IS BROKEN, SHE HAS MULTIPLE RIB FRACTURES, AND HER BRAIN SHIFTED
12 MILLIMETERS-- ALL SIGNS OF SEVERE PHYSICAL ABUSE. HOGGUE SAYS SHE'S HELPING FAITH IN
HER FIGHT FOR LIFE. SOT JAMIE: "CHILDREN RELY ON US TO BE THEIR VOICE, TO BE THEIR ADVOCATE
AND TO HELP ENSURE JUSTICE FOR THEM AND THAT THEY CAN FIND A SAFE LOVING PERMANENT HOME
SOMEWHERE FREE FROM ABUSE." HOGGE SAYS CASA IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO HELP CARE
FOR ABUSED CHILDREN LIKE BABY FAITH. THE PORT ARTHUR POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS IT EXPECTS TO
MAKE ARRESTS IN THIS CASE SOMETIME NEXT WEEK. LIVE IN STUDIO VANESSA HOLMES 12 NEWS HD.
THANK YOU VANESSA. THE NEXT HEARING FOR BABY FAITH IS SET FOR OCTOBER 10TH. ### IT'S AT
1-30 IN THE AFTERNOON IN JUDGE THORNE'S COURTROOM. ###