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Child in Coma After Assault

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FAYETTEVILLE — A 4-year-old foster child is in a comaafter suffering severe head injuries during an assault in CumberlandCounty.

Jennifer Babcock was staying in a home in the La Grange subdivisionwhen a 13-year-old girl allegedly picked her up and threw her Wednesday.The teenager has been charged with assault and is in the county's juveniledetention center.

Chief Deputy Cuyler Windham of the sheriff's office says Babcock wastaken immediately to a hospital.

Neighbors say the family had lived in the house for only about a month.

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