J.M.

BACKGROUND

I. Underlying Facts In the late afternoon on March 29, 2025,2 the parents found J.S. inside their locked bedroom, face down on the floor, with the two-year-old son of mother’s cousin standing over him. J.S. was admitted to the intensive care unit at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland with extensive head trauma. His injuries included subdural hematomas, scalp contusions, subconjunctival hemorrhages and lip injuries, and in addition to “acute intracranial hemorrhage,” it was “highly suspected” that he had “old blood product to the right parietal brain (subarachnoid space)” that “raises concern for an additional past episode of head trauma.” The parents maintained that J.S.’s injuries were caused by the two year old or possibly J.S.’s car seat. According to mother, she went to the bathroom after putting J.S. to sleep and when she came out, she found the bedroom door locked, “broke the door open” and saw J.S. face down on the floor with the two year old, G., standing over him. Father said he was in the living room with family friends, with the TV on loud, when J.S.’s eight-year- old half-sister, J.M., said she heard the baby crying and the bedroom door was locked,…