A 7-month-old girl is fighting for life at Children’s Hospital at Erlanger and her mother’s boyfriend is behind bars in Rhea County, Tenn., in connection with her injuries.

According to reports, a 911 call came in last Thursday that a child wasn’t breathing, and investigators and paramedics went to a home on Shady Lane, east of Dayton.

Reportedly there were signs of abuse that could cause “shaken baby syndrome.”  The little girl’s injuries were mostly concentrated on her body from the shoulders up.

The baby was taken to Erlanger, where she remains in pediatric intensive care. 

The mother’s boyfriend, Jesse Lynn Wyatt, 24, of Cumberland County, was taking care of the baby and called 911.  Wyatt and the baby’s mother had been staying with friends in Rhea County for two or three weeks.

Authorities have not released the baby’s mother’s name and she has not been charged.

Wyatt is charged with aggravated child abuse and aggravated child neglect or endangerment, both felonies, under a 2005 statute called Haley’s Law, Potter said.

Class A felonies in Tennessee carry a penalty of 15 to 60 years in prison and a fine of up to $50,000, according to state law.

Wyatt also was charged in Rhea County with possession of prescription drugs without a prescription and possession of drug paraphernalia and is wanted on warrants from Cumberland County among other counties.

Wyatt was arraigned on the charges in Rhea County on Tuesday. He is being held on a $150,000 bond and faces his next court appearance on March 14. MORE AT TIMES FREE PRESS