Jessica Vlasac (Credit: Polk County Sheriff’s Office)

A Florida woman is facing a first-degree felony charge after investigators said a medical examiner determined that a 3-month-old baby suffered multiple head injuries consistent with being struck by her large ring, not from co-sleeping.

Jessica Vlasac, 42, of Lakeland, was arrested on September 10 and charged with aggravated child abuse resulting in death, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies were called to Vlasac’s home shortly before midnight on September 6 after receiving a report that the infant was unresponsive. The baby was taken to Orlando Health Medical in Lakeland, where he was pronounced dead. Authorities observed bruising and an abrasion on his head.

According to the arrest affidavit, Vlasac told investigators that she had fallen asleep in bed with the baby. She allegedly said that she woke up and found the child face down, cold, and unresponsive.

“I think I killed our son,” Vlasac reportedly told deputies, claiming she believed it happened while she was asleep.

The case took a disturbing turn after the autopsy.

Medical Examiner Dr. Stephen Nelson reportedly found subdural hemorrhaging around the baby’s skull and three separate impact injuries on the top of his forehead. One L-shaped injury measured approximately 1.7 centimeters by 1 centimeter and appeared consistent with contact from a square-like object.

Detectives later interviewed Vlasac again and observed that she was wearing a large, diamond-like ring with a square-shaped design. Investigators obtained a search warrant for the ring and Vlasac’s electronic devices.

During the search, Vlasac allegedly asked detectives whether the ring was what killed the baby.

Dr. Nelson later examined the confiscated ring and determined that the infant’s injuries were consistent with being struck by it as part of the impact injuries, according to the sheriff’s office. Investigators also said there was no evidence that co-sleeping caused the child’s death.

The affidavit also details messages allegedly sent by Vlasac to the baby’s father on the night of the incident. The father told detectives that Vlasac had purchased alcoholic shots earlier that day and later sent messages claiming that she had killed the infant. Some messages had reportedly been deleted.

The father also alleged that Vlasac later asked him not to show the messages to investigators.

Other members of the household told deputies they assumed Vlasac and the infant were sleeping and did not report seeing anything suspicious before hearing her scream.

Vlasac was booked into the Polk County Jail. The investigation remains ongoing.

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