{"id":57424,"date":"2026-10-05T16:25:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T21:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=57424"},"modified":"2026-10-03T13:16:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T18:16:47","slug":"oklee-woman-charged-after-infant-suffers-7-fractures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/oklee-woman-charged-after-infant-suffers-7-fractures\/","title":{"rendered":"Oklee Woman Charged After Infant Suffers 7 Fractures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Oklee (<a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">trfnews.i234.me<\/a>)<\/strong> \u2014 An Oklee woman faces two felony charges after a six-week-old infant was found with multiple fractures.<\/p>\n<p>Kayla Gill, 23, is charged in Red Lake County District Court.<\/p>\n<p>She faces felony malicious punishment of a child and felony child neglect.<\/p>\n<p>Gill also faces a gross misdemeanor charge of contributing to a child\u2019s need for protection or services.<\/p>\n<p>The felony charges each carry up to five years in prison and a possible $10,000 fine.<\/p>\n<h2>Infant Taken To Hospital<\/h2>\n<p>The investigation began February 25 after the infant was taken to Essentia Health in Fosston.<\/p>\n<p>The child\u2019s parents reported that the infant was not properly moving his right arm.<\/p>\n<p>A full-body X-ray revealed fractures to the child\u2019s arms, legs, and a rib.<\/p>\n<p>The infant was transferred to Sanford Medical Center in Fargo for further evaluation.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement placed the child on a protective hold.<\/p>\n<p>The child was later released into foster care, according to the complaint.<\/p>\n<h2>Medical Records Document Seven Fractures<\/h2>\n<p>Medical records documented seven separate bone fractures.<\/p>\n<p>The injuries involved both arms, both legs, and a rib.<\/p>\n<p>Doctors also reported that some fractures were in different stages of healing.<\/p>\n<p>A specialist in pediatric child abuse reviewed the medical records and imaging.<\/p>\n<p>The physician concluded the injuries were consistent with nonaccidental trauma.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint states no medical or genetic condition was identified that would explain the fractures.<\/p>\n<h2>Parents Interviewed By Investigators<\/h2>\n<p>Gill and the child\u2019s father told investigators they were the infant\u2019s primary caregivers.<\/p>\n<p>Both denied dropping the child or knowing how the injuries occurred.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint says their accounts differed about events before the arm injury was discovered.<\/p>\n<p>Both reported that the infant cried unusually hard on February 24.<\/p>\n<p>Later that evening, they noticed the child\u2019s right arm appeared limp.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint says they waited until the following day to seek medical care.<\/p>\n<h2>Three Charges Filed<\/h2>\n<p>Prosecutors allege Gill failed to protect the child from repeated traumatic injuries.<\/p>\n<p>They also allege she failed to obtain timely medical care after signs of injury appeared.<\/p>\n<p>The charges are allegations and have not been proven in court.<\/p>\n<p>Gill is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.<\/p>\n<p>Readers can review Minnesota laws through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Revisor of Statutes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota court information is available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mncourts.gov\/Access-Case-Records.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota Judicial Branch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m Adrian Cole reporting for <a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\">TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Copyright 2026 TRF News. All rights reserved.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_57425\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57425\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Kayla-Gill.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-57425\" src=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Kayla-Gill-1024x768.png\" alt=\"Oklee Woman Charged After Infant Suffers 7 Fractures\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Kayla-Gill-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Kayla-Gill-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Kayla-Gill-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Kayla-Gill.png 1448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-57425\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oklee Woman Charged After Infant Suffers 7 Fractures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Oklee woman faces felony child punishment and neglect charges after a six-week-old infant was found with seven fractures, court records say.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wpscp_schedule_draft_date":"","_wpscp_schedule_republish_date":"","_wpscppro_advance_schedule":false,"_wpscppro_advance_schedule_date":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"","timeOption":"","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":""},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[12],"tags":[3022,957,12442,26002,22182,955,11720,4428],"class_list":["post-57424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-child-neglect","tag-felony-charges","tag-infant-injuries","tag-kayla-gill","tag-malicious-punishment","tag-minnesota-crime-news","tag-oklee-minnesota","tag-red-lake-county","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57424"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57426,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57424\/revisions\/57426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}