An affidavit in the Cedar City case describes seven fractures in a 36-day-old boy’s ribs, arm and leg, including an acute rib fracture, with injuries at different stages of healing. KSL News reported those details from the affidavit: KSL’s account of the Cedar City case.
The affidavit says Stoklosa blamed the infant’s grandmother for the injuries. Investigators characterized that account as inconsistent with the number of fractures and their different stages of healing, KSL reported. Ramirez and Stoklosa said no one else cared for the boy, that they took turns looking after him while staying beside each other, and that there had been no incident in which he was dropped, fell or hit something.
The case came to police in March, after the Division of Child and Family Services contacted them about possible abuse at Intermountain Healthcare Cedar City Hospital. KSL reported that the parents had taken the infant there after he began coughing up blood. The affidavit says he tested positive for THC that night; officers later found marijuana or THC in the parents’ bedroom while serving a search warrant.
Stoklosa and Ramirez, both 21, were booked into Iron County Jail on Thursday afternoon on investigation of seven counts of aggravated child abuse and three counts of child endangerment, KSL reported. The affidavit also says Ramirez was already under a separate DCFS investigation because the boy was born with at least two controlled substances in his system for which she had no prescription.
What booking on investigation establishes
The account describes the parents as booked on investigation of the listed offenses; it does not say whether prosecutors later filed charges or set out the statutory elements of aggravated child abuse under Utah law. The booking alone does not establish that those elements were met or that a court has made a finding.
In a separate case outside Utah, a San Antonio man was arrested Aug. 31, 2026, after an affidavit alleged he admitted fracturing a 4-week-old infant’s bones, KSAT reported.
What Utah’s child-welfare figures show
Utah’s 2025 DCFS annual report says 90.4% of confirmed victims did not experience repeat maltreatment within 12 months of DCFS services, according to the Utah Division of Child and Family Services. The figure concerns repeat maltreatment within 12 months of DCFS services. The U.S. Children’s Bureau report discusses NCANDS and state data submissions.
