In trial of injured baby, Lynn mother denies abuse

SALEM – A superior court jury in the trial of two Lynn parents charged with severely injuring their daughter watched a video this morning in which the mother of the baby denies being aware of any child abuse but admits her then-husband roused the baby.In the video, Maley Quinnoes tells investigators that Jose Aquino picked up the sleeping infant and tried to rouse her “so she would sleep that night.”In the video, Quinones demonstrates the way Aquino picked up 2-month-old Elianny Aquino and held her in front of his face, kissing her cheeks to wake her up. She insists he did not shake the child violently.”But what happens when you’re at work and he tries to wake her up?” Lynn Police Lt. Marie Hanlon asks.”I don’t know,” Quinones says.Aquino, 26, is charged with two counts of assault and battery on a child with injury, while Quinones, 25, is charged with assault and battery on a child and reckless endangerment of a child. Both denied in police interviews knowing how the infant became injured, but insist they were the only ones who took care of the infant in the days before the investigation began.Assistant District Attorney Kate MacDougall alleges the parents abused Elliany at least twice between May 22 and July 28, 2009, when she was admitted to the hospital and found to have severe bleeding in her brain and behind her eyes.Read the full story from day three of the trial in Friday’s Daily Item.