Shane Daniel Walls
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shane Daniel Walls lived 120 days, much of that time in hospitals because of his prematurity and then from the injuries inflicted by his father. Shane spent the first eight weeks of his life in a neonatal intensive care unit. Then in February of 2013 911 Paramedics were called to the home where they were told that Shane was having trouble breathing, would not stop crying and that he had been vomiting. Doctors in the E.R. were told the same thing. Had the Doctors been told that Shane had been shook, his life might have been saved.

 

Both Cory and Shane's mother failed to fully disclose to medical personnel what was going on in the home or that Cory was addicted to painkillers. Confessing to the abuse would have led to scans that would have revealed damage to Shane’s brain. An autopsy showed evidence of broken ribs and signs of cranial bleeding, both old and new, that stemmed from being vigorously shaken. Shane weighed only 14 pounds at the time of his death.

 

Cory was charged with felony murder and two counts of felony child abuse causing severe injury. As it turns out, Cory was charged in December with child abuse when Shane was only two months old. There was enough evidence to support claims that he had killed Shane. Cory was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and was facing 20 years in prison.