A Greene County couple is facing charges after police said the father caused traumatic injuries to their 1-month-old son. 

According to court paperwork, 24-year-old Zachary Bryte abused his baby so severely that a physician said the boy suffered a skull fracture, brain bleeding, multiple rib fractures and bruising. 

The investigation into Bryte began on Sunday after police said the infant was taken to UPMC-Greene Hospital and later transferred to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown. The physician told officers that the baby's injuries were consistent with major trauma. 

During an interview, police said Bryte told investigators he had fallen while carrying the baby on multiple occasions. 

Police said Bryte also admitted to often getting upset at his son. According to investigators, Bryte said he hit the baby so hard on Saturday that he fell off the bed and hit his head on a wooden object near the floor. Bryte also described sexually abusing the boy, police said. 

Court paperwork said investigators also talked to the mom, 24-year-old Kyliene Rhome, who said she noticed a change in her baby's health about two weeks ago. She told police about a fight she had with Bryte and how she "heard what she knew to be the sound of a head striking the bedframe," according to the criminal complaint. 

Police said Rhome told investigators that she had been warned by family members not to trust Bryte with the baby and she admitted that she knew Bryte had "a habit of laying his hands" on the boy. 

Bryte is facing several charges, including attempted homicide, aggravated assault, aggravated indecent assault and endangering the welfare of children. Rhome has also been charged with endangering the welfare of children.