Mother also charged in Lincoln baby’s death; bond set at $1.5 million for each parent

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — A Lincoln woman was arrested Thursday in the death of her 4-month-old daughter.

Tanya Greenwood, 28, was booked in the Lancaster County Jail two days after the arrest of her husband, 36-year-old Ryan Greenwood.

Court documents say the couple’s baby died on Aug. 14 from a brain injury from being shaken.

Shortly before 5:30 a.m., police responded to the Greenwoods’ apartment near 27th Street and Woods Boulevard.

Ryan Greenwood had found his daughter unresponsive almost an hour earlier, according to an arrest affidavit.

The affidavit says he performed CPR for a half-hour, then called his mother before calling 911.

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The couple told investigators that the baby began crying uncontrollably on the morning of Aug. 13.

It started while Tanya Greenwood was getting groceries and Ryan Greenwood was home alone with the infant, court documents say.

The mother reported that when she came back to the apartment, the girl had “the worst cry I had ever heard,” according to the affidavit.

The baby also refused to be fed like normal, police said.

Tanya Greenwood told police that she wanted to get medical help for the girl, but her husband told her not to.

The father told authorities that his daughter was fine when he gave her a bottle at 11 p.m., but he said he had been “playing rough” with her that day.

Police said they got a warrant for the couple’s phones and found that mother performed several internet searches related to shaken baby syndrome.

At 10:38 p.m., she looked up “What to do after a baby is shucked,” court documents say.

Twelve minutes later, she searched “Consequences of shaking a baby,” according to an affidavit.

She told police that she had seen her husband get frustrated and shake their daughter in the past.

An autopsy found that the infant had a bruise on the head, as well as bleeding in the brain and spinal cord, which are consistent with shaken baby syndrome.

A doctor at the children’s hospital in Omaha told investigators that babies who get medical attention after such injuries are more likely to survive.

Both of the Greenwoods appeared in court Thursday on charges of intentional child abuse resulting in death.

A judge set their bonds at $1.5 million, meaning they would each need to pay $150,000 to be released.

Their next court appearance is set for Oct. 1.