A 6-month-old Indiana boy was nearly eaten alive by a rat that bit him more than 50 times while he slept in his crib last week.
The boy’s parents, David and Angel Schonabaum, were arrested and charged with child neglect after they awoke to find their son covered in blood last Wednesday, 14News reported.
The child’s aunt, Delania Thurman, who lives at the same home in Evansville, was also arrested on similar charges.
The child, who was covered with bites on the forehead, cheeks, nose, thighs, legs, arms, fingers and toes, lost a large amount of blood, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by the local station.
His right arm had been bitten by rats from the elbow to the hand and his fingers had been bitten off until the bones were exposed, police said.
The baby was flown to a hospital in Indianapolis, where doctors gave him a blood transfusion after his temperature dropped to 93.5 degrees, the station reported.
Evansville Police Sgt. Anna Gray said the stomach boring incident was one of the worst cases of child neglect she had seen in her decades-long career.
The baby’s father told investigators they started having a rat problem in March and that Terminix exterminators were treating the house.
The family’s home on South Linwood Avenue — where the boy’s 3- and 6-year-old brothers and 2- and 5-year-old cousins also lived — was full of clutter, trash and rat droppings, police said.
Evansville Police Sgt. Anna Gray said the stomach boring incident was one of the worst cases of child neglect she had seen in her decades-long career.
“It’s very difficult to see it and sometimes it’s very difficult to keep calm and be professional,” he told 14News.
David Schonabaum was arrested and charged with child neglect after they woke up to find their baby boy covered in blood last Wednesday. Vanderburgh County Jail
Angel Schonabaum’s son was covered in bites on his forehead, cheeks, nose, thighs, legs, arms, fingers and toes and lost a large amount of blood. Vanderburgh County Jail
The child’s aunt, Delania Thurman, who lives at the same home in Evansville, was also arrested on similar charges. Vanderburgh County Jail
The baby’s father told investigators they started having a rat problem in March and that Terminix exterminators were treating the house.
But the rat attack on the baby is not the first time the fleas have eaten children in the house.
Two children in the home told a teacher at their school on Sept. 1 that rats had bitten their toes while they were sleeping, according to the affidavit.
Four days later, a worker with the Indiana Department of Child Services visited the home, where Thurman claimed marks on her son’s toes were likely just scratches from the bed frame, the news station reported.
Two children in the home told a teacher at their school on Sept. 1 that rats had bitten their toes while they were sleeping, according to the affidavit.
Four days later, a worker with the Indiana Department of Child Services visited the home, where Thurman claimed marks on her son’s toes were likely just scratches from the bed frame, the news station reported.
DCS went over a safety plan with the family and a DCS representative was scheduled to return home just one day after the baby was bitten by a rat.
A case manager has been visiting the home twice a week since April because of past reports involving children, including allegations last year that children were injured due to lack of supervision and claims in June that David Schonabaum had physically abused one of them. children.
DCS has not commented on the alleged neglect.
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