Drunk dad drops newborn, hides baby’s injuries, Leander police say

LEANDER, Texas (KXAN) — A Leander father who police say dropped his newborn daughter due to being intoxicated and then hiding her injuries from the child’s mother is in jail charged with injury to a child.
According to an arrest affidavit, 23-year-old Dilan Nelson says he was watching his 8-week-old baby girl on April 5 while his wife was at a job interview. Nelson told police he wanted to “get faded” so he proceeded to drink whiskey and “smoked