Six-month-old baby is nearly eaten alive by rats in his crib

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Evansville Police Department was sent to the home on 13 September as Mr Schonabaum reported that the baby needed emergency medical assistance after they woke to find their baby son “covered in blood” with the baby’s fingers appearing to be “chewed off”. The family’s home was found with rubbish, rotten food and rodent faeces around the house Despite the baby sleeping next to the parents, they claimed they “did not hear the child cry,” Ms Gray relayed. The parents additionally had a neglect case open since December with squalid conditions at the home when one of their children sustained an injury due to a “lack of supervision.” The records also show that Mr Schonabaum had an allegation of physical abuse made against him on 17 June. The worker made notes of the rubbish, and rodent faeces, as well as asked about bite marks on the child’s feet, which Ms Thurmon denied as rat marks, she also claimed to another case worker that they had a “normal amount of mice” in their home.