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Grandfather urges Independence officials to press charges after infant arrived at hospital with severe injuries
Summary
At the Independence City Council meeting a grandfather described medical and police records he says show intentional abuse of his six-week-old grandson and urged the city and police department to pursue criminal charges; the council did not take formal action during the meeting.
Beau Kirchhoff, a nonresident who identified himself as the child’s grandfather, urged the Independence City Council to act after his grandson was admitted to Children’s Mercy with life-threatening injuries in June 2024.
Kirchhoff presented what he said were medical reports, police body-camera footage and Department of Family Services findings and said medical staff concluded the injuries were intentional. “There’s over 5,000 pages of medical records with the words intentional abuse written all over him,” Kirchhoff said during the public-comment period.
The nut graf: Kirchhoff asked elected officials to press…
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