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THEY'RE WAITING ON AN ARREST. IN WHAT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS THE WORST CASE OF CHILD
ABUSE THEY'VE EVER SEEN. ARRESTS ARE IMMINENT. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO 12 NEWS H-D, I'M
KEVIN STEELE. JACKIE IS OFF, BUT BACK ON MONDAY. MAJOR RAYMOND CLARK WITH THE PORT ARTHUR POLICE
DEPARTMENT SAYS UP TO THREE PEOPLE COULD BE ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE CHILD ABUSE
CASE OF ONE MONTH OLD FAITH MASON. AND CLARK SAYS THE ARRESTS OF SOME RELATIVES ARE LIKELY
NEXT WEEK. 12 NEWS H-D ANCHOR ANGEL SAN JUAN JOINS US WITH THE LATEST ON THE DEVELOPING
STORY. THE PLIGHT OF BABY FAITH HAS TOUCHED THE HEART OF SO MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND
MAJOR CLARK SAYS EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE ASKING THE SAME QUESTION... WHY HAS NO ONE BEEN ARRESTED
FOR WHAT WAS DONE TO HER? MAJOR CLARK SAYS POLICE WANT TO GET IT RIGHT. :23 NO ONE CAME
TO THE DOOR OF THE APARTMENT WHERE FAITH MASON SPENT THE FIRST WEEKS OF HER LIFE... IT'S
HERE WHERE POLICE SAY SHE LIVED WITH HER MOTHER.... 20 YEAR OLD CHRISTINE JOHNSON, HER FATHER...
.17 YEAR OLD DARRELL MASON... AND AN AUNT. MAJOR RAYMOND CLARK SAYS IT'S THE LARGE NUMBER
OF PEOPLE WHO WERE AROUND THE BABY... THAT'S MADE IT TOUGH DETERMINING WHO HURT HER. MAJOR
RAYMOND CLARK: "WHEN WE DO PRESENT A CASE TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WE WANT
IT TO BE EXACT WE WANT IT TO BE RIGHT, WE WANT IT TO BE PERFECT." BABY FAITH IS NOW
AT TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN HOUSTON...WHERE SHE'S BEING TREATED FOR MULTIPLE FRACTURES...
INCLUDING A BROKEN NECK... SHE ALSO HAS A LACERATED LIVER AND A RUPTURED KIDNEY. DOCTORS
SAY HER BRAIN HAS EVEN SHIFTED IN HER HEAD APPARENTLY FROM BEING SHAKEN... AND THERE'S
FEAR OF PERMANENT BRAIN DAMAGE. MAJOR RAYMOND CLARK: "I GOT A CALL FROM TEXAS CHILDREN'S
HOSPITAL, AN ADMINISTRATOR THERE, SHE SAID AHT THIS CASE WAS THE WORST CHILD ABUSE CASE
SHE'S EVER SEEN." MAJOR CLARK SAYS THREE ARRESTS IN THIS CASE ARE LIKELY NEXT WEEK. AND ALL
HE WILL CONFIRM IS THAT THEY ARE RELATED TO THE TINY VICTIM. BUT HE SAYS THERE ARE DAILY
DEVELOPMENTS...IN FACT WHILE WE WERE WITH CLARK FRIDAY AFTERNOON, HE RECEIVED WORD FAITH'S
PARENTS WANTED TO GIVE ANOTHER STATEMENT TO INVESTIGATORS. CLARK: "SO IF THIS CASE WOULD
HAVE BEEN FILED WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO HAVE SUPPLEMENTAL STATEMENTS SO IT'S WORKING OUT
PERFECTLY FOR US." CLARK SAYS FAITH'S MOTHER SEEN HERE AT THIS PRAYER VIGIL FOR HER DAUGHTER
WEDNESDAY COULD FACE CHARGES FOR HAVING *** RELATIONS WITH A JUVENILE... AT THE TIME OF
FAITH'S CONCEPTION... CHRISTINE JOHNSON WAS NINETEEN AND FAITH'S FATHER SIXTEEN. CLARK:
"BUT THE MAIN FOCUS RIGHT NOW IS TO DO JUSTICE FOR FAITH." MAJOR CLARK SAYS THE OUTPOURING
OF LOVE AND SUPPORT FOR BABY FAITH HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE WITH PEOPLE APPROACHING HIM WANTING
TO ADOPT HER. HE ALSO SAYS SHE'S TOUCHING THE HEARTS OF MANY OF THOSE WHO WORK AT TEXAS
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN HOUSTON. AND WE SHOULD POINT OUT WHILE AT TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL...
BABY FAITH IS UNDER THE CARE AND CUSTODY OF MEDICAL STAFF AND SOCIAL WORKERS... NO FAMILY
MEMBER IS ALLOWED CONTACT WITH HER. POLICE HAVE NOT SPECIFIED THE CRIMINAL CHARGES THEY
WILL PURSUE AGAINST THOSE WHO HURT BABY FAITH... EXCEPT TO SAY INJURY TO A CHILD WILL LIKELY
BE ONE OF THOSE CHARGES.