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HEALING. AND THE MESSAGE THEY WANT TO SPREAD TO YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN. WITH TWO INVESTIGATIONS
LOOMING OVER HIM... AN EMBATTLED JEFFERSON COUNTY DEPUTY MAKES A DECISION ABOUT HIS FUTURE...
FIND OUT WHAT IT IS AND WHAT'S IN STORE FOR ANOTHER DEPUTY EMBROILED IN THE CONTROVERSY.
AND A YOUNG MAN IS BEING PRAISED BY PORT ARTHUR POLICE FOR HIS ROLE IN HELPING CATCH A PAIR
OF BURGLARS. THE STORY OF HIS FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE... WHILE HE WAS HOME ALONE.. IN
MOMENTS. FIRST TONIGHT -- A ONE MONTH OLD PORT ARTHUR BABY IS BROKEN AND BATTERED -- BUT
NOT ALONE. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO 12 NEWS H-D. I'M KEVIN STEELE... JACKIE IS OFF.
THANKS FOR JOINING US. BABY FAITH MASON CONTINUES WHAT WILL BE A LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY TONIGHT
AT TEXAS CHILDRENS HOSPITAL. -- SUFFERING 19 DIFFERENT FRACTURES FROM WHAT THE DEPARTMENT
OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES CALLS APPARENT CHILD ABUSE. DOCTORS HAVE RESORTED TO PUTTING
HER IN A FULL BODY CAST TO HELP THE HEALING. BUT A VIGIL IS BEING HELD TONIGHT IN PORT
ARTHUR -- THAT APPLIES FAITH -- TO THE HEALING OF BABY FAITH. 12 NEWS HD'S AGUSTIN GARFIAS
JOINS US FROM LAKEVIEW PALMS APARTMENTS - TO EXPLAIN. AGUSTIN? AT ONLY ONE MONTH OLD....BABY
FAITH SPENT HER ENTIRE LIFE LIVING IN THIS COMPLEX WITH HER PARENTS. ONCE WORD SPREAD
OF WHAT HAPPENED TO HER...HER NEIGHBORS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY DECIDED TO COME TOGETHER
IN PRAYER NOT JUST FOR BABY FAITHS HEALING...BUT FOR CHILDREN EVERYWHERE. 21 41 AS THE SUN
WENT DOWN...PRAYERS WENT UP. COMMUNITY MEMBERS...CITY AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS...AND NEIGHBORS PRAY
FOR A MIRACLE. THEY'RE PRAYING THAT BABY FAITH MASON WONT JUST SURVIVE APPARENT CHILD ABUSE-
BUT WILL GROW UP TO BE A NORMAL GIRL. FAITH'S MOTHER - CHRISTINE JOHNSON - ATTENDED BRIEFLY...
AND PRAYED AMONGST FAMILY MEMBERS. SOT: WE PRAY FOR HEALING. BABY FAITH IS SUFFERING
FROM 19 FRACTURES... INCLUDING A BROKEN NECK...AND BROKEN ARMS AND LEGS. THE SEVERITY HITS HOME
FOR YOUNG MOTHER RIKKI TURNER... HER DAUGHTER IS 9 MONTHS OLD. SOT: I DONT KNOW HOW SOMEBODY
COULD DO THAT THURSDAYS PRAYERS WEREN'T JUST FOR FAITH...BUT FOR ALL THE CHILDREN OF SOUTHEAST
TEXAS SOT: WE NEED PRAYER FOR ALL OUR CHILDREN TO KEEP THEM SAFE. ATTENDANCE WAS SMALL BUT
THE HEARTS OF THESE PEOPLE - ARE BIG. AND WHILE DOCTORS EXPECT BABY FAITH TO LIVE -- THEY
ARE STILL UN- SURE WHAT THE REST OF HER LIFE WILL BE LIKE. SOT: I HOPE SHE SURVIVES. BABY
FAITHS MOTHER AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS ATTENDED THE VIGIL SHORTLY. HER MOTHER DIDNT WANT TO
TALK ON CAMERA BUT SAID SHE APPRECIATED THE SUPPORT. THANK YOU AGUSTIN. INVESTIGATORS
WILL BE MEETING WITH THE JEFFERSON COUNTY DA'S OFFICE AND CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES
TOMORROW TO DECIDE WHAT CHARGES TO PURSUE IN THE CASE AGAINST A SUSPECT OR SUSPECTS.
AND A PARENTAL RIGHTS HEARING IS EXPECTED TO BE HELD NEXT THURSDAY. IT WILL BE HELD
ON THE 29TH IN JUDGE LARRY THORNE'S COURTROOM.