JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Navy sailor and his wife suspected of child neglect are under investigation.
The heavily redacted police reports on the incident indicate the couple didn't protect a child from abuse, and the child ended up with permanent disfigurement.
The child's relationship to the couple was not released.
Gregory Haywood, a sailor stationed at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, and his wife, Ingria Haywood, are each facing charges of child neglect and failure to protect and medical neglect.
According to the police reports, the Haywoods failed to make a reasonable effort to protect the victim from abuse and neglect by another person. The neglect of the victim is based on repeated conduct that resulted in the victim obtaining great bodily harm, permanent disfigurement and permanent disability, police said.
The report does not say who hurt the victim or where the abuse took place but indicated that the abuse happened over a two-year period from October 2014 to April 27, 2016.
The report says the victim was interviewed by the child protection team with the Department of Children and Families after the victim disclosed what happened.
The child was then placed in protective custody. The child's siblings are being cared for by another relative, according to DCF.
The couple has bonded out of jail but was ordered not to have any contact with the victim.
News4Jax tried contacting the Haywoods, but no one was at home and they have not responded to requests for comment.