BRIEF: Colorado Springs police investigating child abuse case involving infant boy

Aug. 14--A child abuse investigation is underway since police were notified about an infant with a broken leg at a Colorado Springs hospital.

Officers said they went to UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central about 11 p.m. Sunday to investigate the case of a 31-day-old boy with a fractured femur.

The case has grown to include the police Crimes Against Children unit and El Paso County'sDepartment of Human Services, police said.

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