The doctor closed the curtains around the hospital bed before giving Chloe Rhodes the news. There was a reason her baby wouldn’t stop screaming. Not only did she have a fractured leg, she also had a fractured collarbone – and there was no explanation for her injuries.
Chloe first took her daughter, Autumn Stephenson to hospital in January 2021 after noticing she wasn’t crawling properly. Then just one, Autumn was dragging her feet and cried whenever she had a nappy change.
But the family’s nightmare was only just beginning. Due to the seriousness of Autumn’s injuries, the hospital needed to report their findings to social services. Chloe, 23, was no longer allowed to care for her children alone – leaving her baffled and devastated.
