Man jailed for neglect after young son left with 50 rat bites

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 Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A judge sentenced David Schonabaum, 32, on Wednesday after the Evansville man was convicted by a jury in September on three felony counts of neglect of a dependent. Prosecutor Diana Moers previously said her office would not hold back in pursuing the "highest possible sentence.” The Associated Press left a telephone message and sent an email Thursday to Schonabaum's defense attorney seeking comment. open image in gallery This booking photo provided by the Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Department in Evansville, Ind., shows David Schonabaum The Indiana Department of Child Services had previously inquired about conditions in the home. An Evansville police detective wrote in the affidavit that the four fingers and thumb on the child's right hand “were missing the flesh from the top of them, exposing fingertip bones.” After a jury convicted Schonabaum in September, Moers said paramedics and police had found "the infant was laying in his crib in a pool of blood and the bites were so bad on his body − including his face, mouth, and extremities − that they left bone showing on one hand and he is now permanently disfigured.” Angel Schonabaum, 29, pleaded guilty to felony neglect charges in September, days before she was scheduled to stand trial.