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Pennsylvania woman who gave birth to triplets at 49 after struggling to get pregnant is arrested for severe child abuse – Ann Covalt Henry left the tots with broken bones, bruised faces and brain damage’

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Acupuncturist in Bethlehem&comma; PA&comma; who was blessed in middle age with triplets after struggling to get pregnant arrested for physical abuse of her toddlers<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Ann Covalt Henry is accused of beating all three infants &&num;8211&semi; leaving them with broken bones&comma; bruised faces and brain damage<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Henry&comma; 51&comma; allegedly caused fractures&comma; bruising and head trauma in her triplets within weeks of their birth in 2016 <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>The triplets were born to Ann when she was 49 after she and her husband and Marcus Henry&comma; received fertility help <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>However she was so stressed in the weeks after their births that she told a caregiver she contemplated suicide and wanted to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;throw a baby through a plate glass window”<br &sol;><&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Marcus Henry&comma; 32&comma;<&sol;strong><&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong> denied knowledge of the source of their children&&num;8217&semi;s severe injuries <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>After the children were placed in foster care&comma; their mother visited with them last summer when another injury to a child was reported<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Ann Henry was arraigned on 12 counts of aggravated assault and a single count of child endangerment<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>She is free on &dollar;75&comma;000 unsecured bail<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img-group floatRHS">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><strong><img class&equals;"media-library&lowbar;&lowbar;list-item-centered" draggable&equals;"false" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i1&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;01&sol;Ann-Covalt-Henry-and-her-babies-3&period;png&quest;ssl&equals;1&amp&semi;w&equals;450" alt&equals;"Ann Covalt Henry and her babies 3" width&equals;"1075" height&equals;"590" &sol;>Ann Covalt Henry&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; an acupuncturist from Pennsylvania&comma; is accused of the physical abusing her three toddlers<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">A Pennsylvania acupuncturist is facing multiple charges after allegedly abusing her infant triplets&period;<br &sol;>Ann Covalt Henry&comma; 51&comma; of Bethlehem&comma; Pennsylvania&comma; was arraigned on 12 felony counts of aggravated assault and one count of child endangerment&comma; authorities revealed Thursday&period;<br &sol;>The charges were the result of an investigation by Bethlehem police and a county grand jury into doctors finding a catalog of fractures&comma; bruising and head injuries to the triplets when they were eight weeks old&period;<br &sol;>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><strong><img class&equals;"media-library&lowbar;&lowbar;list-item-centered" draggable&equals;"false" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i1&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;01&sol;Ann-Covalt-Henry-1&period;png&quest;ssl&equals;1&amp&semi;w&equals;450" alt&equals;"Ann Covalt Henry 1" width&equals;"639" height&equals;"811" &sol;>  Ann Henry was arraigned on 12 felony counts of aggravated assault and one count of child endangerment for various injuries to her triplets<&sol;strong><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div> <&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Following the birth of her triplets in 2016&comma; Henry allegedly told a caregiver that she was contemplating suicide and wanted to &&num;8216&semi;throw a baby through a plate glass window&&num;8217&semi;&comma; according to <a class&equals;"class" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;mcall&period;com&sol;news&sol;breaking&sol;mc-nws-bethlehem-woman-assault-infants-20190103-story&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener">The Morning Call<&sol;a>&period;<br &sol;>Henry gave birth to the triplets in July of 2016 at the age of 49&period; She and her husband Marcus Henry&comma; 32&comma; had received help from fertility specialists&period;<br &sol;>The pair are believed to have married in 2014&period;<br &sol;><iframe src&equals;"&sol;&sol;rcm-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;cm&quest;o&equals;1&amp&semi;p&equals;48&amp&semi;l&equals;ur1&amp&semi;category&equals;motorcycleatv&amp&semi;banner&equals;1GTBWXZ6AWK39XVHDN82&amp&semi;f&equals;ifr&amp&semi;linkID&equals;17cef0367a1fbda76dfc41a503a44352&amp&semi;t&equals;konniemomen0a-20&amp&semi;tracking&lowbar;id&equals;konniemomen0a-20" width&equals;"728" height&equals;"90" frameborder&equals;"0" marginwidth&equals;"0" scrolling&equals;"no"><&sol;iframe> <br &sol;>Several doulas&comma; who are trained caregivers who assist women during and after childbirth&comma; visited the Henry home after the babies came home from the hospital&period; One doula who made three visits told the grand jury the home was dirty and smelled of cat waste&period;<br &sol;>Another doula reportedly called the mother a &&num;8216&semi;trainwreck&&num;8217&semi; who presented symptoms of postpartum depression&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><iframe style&equals;"width&colon; 120px&semi; height&colon; 240px&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ws-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;widgets&sol;q&quest;ServiceVersion&equals;20070822&amp&semi;OneJS&equals;1&amp&semi;Operation&equals;GetAdHtml&amp&semi;MarketPlace&equals;US&amp&semi;source&equals;ac&amp&semi;ref&equals;qf&lowbar;sp&lowbar;asin&lowbar;til&amp&semi;ad&lowbar;type&equals;product&lowbar;link&amp&semi;tracking&lowbar;id&equals;konniemomen0a-20&amp&semi;marketplace&equals;amazon&amp&semi;region&equals;US&amp&semi;placement&equals;B01LC8A37I&amp&semi;asins&equals;B01LC8A37I&amp&semi;linkId&equals;14e1ba5e68f94f0d1393f1ad4219d434&amp&semi;show&lowbar;border&equals;false&amp&semi;link&lowbar;opens&lowbar;in&lowbar;new&lowbar;window&equals;false&amp&semi;price&lowbar;color&equals;333333&amp&semi;title&lowbar;color&equals;0066c0&amp&semi;bg&lowbar;color&equals;ffffff" frameborder&equals;"0" marginwidth&equals;"0" marginheight&equals;"0" scrolling&equals;"no"><br &sol;><&sol;iframe><iframe style&equals;"width&colon; 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Ann Covalt Henry and their babies 2" width&equals;"633" height&equals;"467" &sol;><strong>  Marcus Henry &lbrack;left&rsqb; and Ann Henry sought fertility treatments leading to the birth of their triplets in 2016<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Prosecutors said Henry injured her triplets in September 2016&comma; when they were just eight weeks old&comma; leaving one with a broken wrist and another with fractured ribs&period;<br &sol;>The third was said to have had a subdural hemorrhage&comma; the result of an abusive head trauma&period;<br &sol;>The infants were placed in foster care and Henry was only allowed supervised visits for a year before she was allowed weekend visits this past summer&period;<br &sol;>In July 2018&comma; Henry allegedly assaulted the third child with the head trauma again&comma; <a class&equals;"class" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;lehighvalleylive&period;com&sol;bethlehem&sol;2019&sol;01&sol;bethlehem-mom-accused-of-abusing-her-infant-triplets&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener">Lehigh Valley Live<&sol;a> reported&period;<br &sol;>The then 23-month-old child was said to have had a fractured tibia and petechial bruising&period; <br &sol;>Prosecutors claimed the bruising was due to lack of oxygen or blood to the brain&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"imageCaption"><strong><img class&equals;"media-library&lowbar;&lowbar;list-item-centered" draggable&equals;"false" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i1&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;01&sol;Ann-Covalt-Henry-and-her-babies-2&period;png&quest;ssl&equals;1&amp&semi;w&equals;450" alt&equals;"Ann Covalt Henry and her babies 2" width&equals;"657" height&equals;"480" &sol;>Barely two months after their birth&comma; one baby suffered a broken wrist&comma; another had fractured ribs and the third suffered head trauma<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img-group floatRHS">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><strong><img class&equals;"media-library&lowbar;&lowbar;list-item-centered" draggable&equals;"false" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i0&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;01&sol;Marcus-Henry-and-his-children-1&period;png&quest;ssl&equals;1&amp&semi;w&equals;450" alt&equals;"Marcus Henry and his children 1" width&equals;"602" height&equals;"906" &sol;>   Ann&&num;8217&semi;s husband Marcus Henry who is pictured with the triplets&comma; claims he does not know how his children were abused<br &sol;><&sol;strong><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div> <&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">The foster parents had noticed visible injuries of a swollen face and cut lip on one of the children&comma; The Morning Call reported&period;<br &sol;>Henry blamed the swelling on a restaurant&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8216&semi;spicy eggs&comma;&&num;8217&semi; a claim disputed by police interviewing the restaurant the family visited&period;<br &sol;>The latest incident allegedly followed Henry&&num;8217&semi;s completion of parenting classes&period;<br &sol;>Regarding the children&&num;8217&semi;s various injuries&comma; Ann Henry deflected suspicion on to one of the doulas while her husband claimed to the grand jury he did not know who has been hurting the triplets&period;<br &sol;>Henry is currently out on &dollar;75&comma;000 unsecured bail&period;<br &sol;>Authorities said the three children are in the custody of the county&&num;8217&semi;s children and youth department and that as a condition of Henry&&num;8217&semi;s bail&comma; she cannot have any contact with them until the charges are resolved&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div> <&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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