SCANNED varracumentoar — | SCA [Tb Your Affiant is Detective Patrick Gattenby, a duly sworn Deputy Sheriff of and for the County of El Paso who is currently assigned to the Major Crimes Unit of the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Investigations Division. was so employed on April 11", 2015, at approximately 5:10 pun., when I was notified by Detective Sergeant Porter that | was being assigned as the case agent in the investigation of a possible child abuse that had occurred at 21140 Boca Chica Heights which is located in unincorporated El Paso County and the State of Colorado, J was informed that Evans Anny Hospital had notified the El Paso County Shesifi's Office of possible abuse case, when the victim, Aaron Young, DOB: Feruary 20", 2015 , a two month old infant child, was brought in by his mother Lynn Young, herein referred to as the defendant, for treatment. An initial exam provided that the victim had a severe spiral facture of the right femur. Deputy K. Deething was dispatched, responded to Evans Community Hospital and informed this office that { she was following the child to Memorial Hospital for additional treatment. t responded to the hospital where J was able to make contact with the defendant, The defendant's ini statements to me were that she had picked the child up out of a car seat/child carrier and that his leg had become entangled in the strap and that she had pulled on him to free him. She described that this event had taken place on April 11", 2015, Treating medical personal did not feel that this story could have caused the Sy severity of the injury the child had received. gy Additional medical examination in the form of X-rays and Magnetic Resonance Imaging were conducted on the victim’s full body. It was determined that the current broken femur had occurred approximately 7 to 10 days earlier and that the defendant's story about the child being pulled from a car seat/child carrier was not -only-inconsistent the:severity-of the-injurythe-tinving was inconsistent.as-well,-In-addition, the child had previously fractured skull, a contusion to his head, scrapes on his nostril, and a previously healed violent cut in his mouth, ‘One of the treating physicians, Dr, Travis Murray, confirmed the victim had suffered Serious Bodily Injury as defined by Colorado Revised Statutes. Dr, Murray also provided that the injuries were consistent with child abuse, On April 13", 2015, I conducted a recorded follow up interview with the defendant, The defendant changed her story to match the new timeline and provided the child’s cartier had fallen off of an ottoman footstool, | However, again, this was not consistent with the severity of the injuries or the fact that they indicate ongoing { pattern of abuse. ‘The defendant changed her story again to add that one of the dogs living in the home could have caused the injuries, It should be néted that at two months old, the infant child is not crawling, moving around on his own, or engaging in activities that would allow him to receive the extent and severity of these multiple life threatening injuries on his own. The defendant admitted that she was the primary care giver. She is unemployed and does not regularly leave the child in anyone's care. She tried to indicate that any ‘Tom, Dick or Harry” could have caused the juries, but the investigation has revealed that the child is not in day care, that the defendant is not regularly separated from the child, and that there is no Tom, Diek or Harty” with any access to the child to cause thispattem of abuse, She is the only egular care giver feft fone in the home with the child with any regularity (On April 13", 2015, | interviewed Richard Young, the defendant's husband, who is the only other adult in the home with regular access to the victim. However, when Ms. Young watehes the child, itis within the confines of the home while the defendant is also home. Mr. Young regularly leaves the home for work at varying hours and is not the daily care giver alone in the home with the child. On April 15"* 2015, [leamed that the defendant has a history of killing and/or abusing a child and that this casefinstance is extraordinarily similar in nature except that the child has, at this point, survived A police report from Goose Creek Police Department in South Carolina documents the infanticide that occurred in South Carolina with the defendant identified as the killer. The similarities between the murder and abuse in South Carolina and the abuse in Colorado currently being investigated are as follows: South Carolina Colorado “] Child Brought to Military Hospital | [ Child Brought fo Military ‘Victim is 8 Weeks ‘Skull Fracture | Seratch on Nose | [Bruise to Head iH ___| Bruise to Head Bruise to Leg _ Broken “Trauma to Freaulum | Trauma to Erenulum tiple Story’ aa Multiple Story Changes Blames Child Felling Off Blames Child Falling Off Ottoman | | Ottoman ‘The defendant was convicted of murdering her son in South Carolina. She admitted that she had lost her temper when the child had cried. In summary, the victim, a two month child, has been diagnosed with multiple severe life threatening injuries in various stages of healing. The only person who could have caused these injuries, consistent with an ongoing pattern of abuse, is the defendant. The defendant has « history of abusing and killing children, Your Affiant respectfully requests a bond amount of $100,000.00 based on the cruel nature of the offense and repeated behavior and the risk of flight associated with fact that she is living in a home soon to be vacated by her husband, who is facing expected incaresration time on a military courts martial sentencing scheduled for April 17, 2015,Based on the above information Your Affiant respectfully requests the issuance of an arrest warrant naming: Young, Lynn May, DOB: 10/31/83, a White Female, Height: 504, Weight: 150, Hair: Brown, Eyes: Green, CO OLN #99-074-0563 for the following charges: CR. 18-6-401(7)(a)(IIM), Child Abuse, Acts Knowingly Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury (F3) CRS. 1973, as amen WSs, Gts|Us Date Fa