The boy's mother says she returned home Sunday night to find her son Ezra unresponsive with a bump on his head and blood in his mouth. She rushed him to the Madras hospital where he was evaluated before being air-lifted to OHSU in Portland. She says he's undergone brain surgery, has had seizures and suffered a brain bleed, among other injuries. 

 

She says in a Facebook post that Mendoza-Melo admitted to abusing the toddler. He's being held on a million dollars' bail. A Go Fund Me page has been set up to help cover Ezra's medical expenses.