Horrific moment father confesses to letting his baby be eaten alive by rats
Daily MailThis is the horrific moment an Indiana father admitted that his baby was bitten by rats more than 50 times as he slept on the couch. David Schonabaum called for help on September 13, 2023 after he woke up to find his infant son covered in blood with his fingers chewed to the bone by rats. 'Blood was all over the pillow,' he told Evansville Police during questioning Schonabaum, who was sentenced to 16 years in prison, admitted to Evansville Police that his home had a rat problem during initial interrogation, but insisted no one had ever been bitten by one in the home Schonabaum, who was sentenced to 16 years, admitted to Evansville Police that his home had a rat problem during initial interrogation. When police investigated the home, they found discarded food in the father's room and rodent feces in the house, according to Fox 59. Schonabaum's sister-in-law, Delaina Thurman, was sentenced to probation His wife, Angel Schonabaum, also pleaded guilty to one count of neglect of a dependent.
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