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Updated · The Washington Post · Aug 21Police Fail to Identify Suspect in Injury to Rep. Max Miller's 2-Year-Old Daughter
2 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Aug 21Summary
- Months of police work failed to identify who injured Rep. Max Miller’s 2-year-old daughter, according to videos and documents reviewed in the case.
- A key clue was the bruise itself: investigators saw it as possibly inflicted rather than accidental because it appeared shaped like a handprint.
- The records show investigators pursued the possibility of child abuse for months, but the case did not produce a perpetrator.
- The unresolved investigation leaves unanswered how the congressman’s daughter was hurt despite sustained scrutiny by police.
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How does a toddler suffer a broken collarbone and handprint bruise without investigators finding enough evidence to name a suspect? What role do past domestic allegations play in an unsubstantiated child abuse inquiry when a bitter custody dispute is involved?