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Update on Kraig Monroe

March 5^th, 2010, 3:00 PM

Update on the Kraig Monroe (Aggravated Battery to a Child) investigation:

• The St. Clair County State’s Attorney’s Office has taken the charges against the victim’s mother under advisement and she has been released from the St. Clair County Jail.  Sheriff’s Investigators are working closely with the State’s Attorney’s Office to follow up on further investigation related to her involvement.
• The St. Clair County State’s Attorney’s Office issued a search warrant for Kraig Monroe’s residence to be further processed by Illinois State Police Crime Scene.  ISP and Sheriff’s Investigators are at the residence now (110 Princeton Drive, Belleville) conducting that search warrant.
• The mother was issued and served with an Order of Protection issued through St. Clair County Courts to prevent contact with the child. 
• This morning I, along with Sheriff Mearl Justus, Sgt. Dan Stockett, Inv. Scott Toth and Capt. Don Sax (Belleville) participated in a conference call with Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Supervisors and the case agent.  “DCFS was very concerned and everyone who participated in the conference call agreed it was a productive meeting towards changing procedures and improving communications between DCFS and Law Enforcement,” said Capt. Steve Johnson.  Further meetings and possible policy changes by DCFS were also discussed.
• Kraig Monroe remains in the St. Clair County Jail with a $500,000.00 bond.

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Capt. Steve Johnson
Chief Investigator
St. Clair County Sheriff's Department
700 North 5th Street
Belleville, IL 62220

'How can you describe it other than hell?' Man charged in beating of 2-year-old girl

BY JACQUELINE LEE - News-Democrat

Police have a St. Clair County man in custody after a 2-year-old girl was beaten so badly that she may have to eat from a feeding tube for the rest of her life.

Kraig A. Monroe, 24, of 110 Princeton Drive near Belleville, was charged Wednesday with aggravated battery to a child.

Monroe was watching his girlfriend's daughter while the girlfriend was at work, said St. Clair County Sheriff's Department Capt. Steve Johnson.

County Sheriff's Department Capt. Steve Johnson talks about the charges against Kraig A. Monroe, 24, of unincorporated Belleville. Monroe was charged Wednesday with aggravated battery of a child. - Zia Nizami/BND

Man charged in beating of two year old. Fox 2 video

 

St. Clair County man charged in connection with beating 2-year-old girl

 

News-Democrat

Police have a man in custody after a 2-year-old girl was beaten so badly that she will only be able to eat from a feeding tube for the rest of her life.

Kraig A. Monroe, 24, of unincorporated Belleville was charged Wednesday with aggravated battery of a child.

Monroe was watching his girlfriend's toddler daughter while the girlfriend was at work, said St. Clair County Sheriff's Department Capt. Steve Johnson.

Kraig A. Monroe - Provided/BND

Over the course of several days, Monroe is accused of punching the baby in the stomach to silence her crying, Johnson said.

The girl was vomiting and going in and out of consciousness when she was taken to Memorial Hospital about 10 a.m. Monday. By 4 p.m. that day, the girl, who was in critical condition, was transported to Cardinal Glennon Hospital in St. Louis.

On Thursday, she underwent surgery to remove her bowels and her intestines. If she survives, she will be on a feeding tube the rest of her life, Johnson said.

The girl also suffered from various other injuries: a broken leg, a broken arm and clumps of hair had been pulled out from her head.

Monroe is being held at the St. Clair County Jail on $500,000 bail.

The girl's mother also has been taken into custody, though she has not been charged, Johnson said.