{"id":2043420,"date":"2023-09-24T19:52:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-24T23:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/parents-aunt-arrested-after-infant-almost-dies-from-over-50-rat-bites\/"},"modified":"2023-09-24T19:54:33","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T23:54:33","slug":"parents-aunt-arrested-after-infant-almost-dies-from-over-50-rat-bites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/parents-aunt-arrested-after-infant-almost-dies-from-over-50-rat-bites\/","title":{"rendered":"Infant&#8217;s Life Threatened by Over 50 Rat Bites; Parents and Aunt Arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fparents-aunt-arrested-after-infant-almost-dies-from-over-50-rat-bites%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2043420&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo via; Vanderburgh County\u200b Sheriff\u2019s Office)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\">Abril Elfi<\/a><br \/>4:49 PM \u2013 Sunday, September 24, 2023<\/p>\n<p><strong>The parents \u2062and \u2062aunt of an \u2063infant in Indiana have been\u200c charged after the child \u200dalmost died in their care from \u200c\u201cover 50 rat bites.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Shocking Incident: Infant Found with Over 50 Rat Bites<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The \u2064parents of\u200b a six-month-old infant and the child\u2019s aunt were charged in Evansville, Indiana, after police said\u2063 that they found the\u200d baby inside the\u200c family\u2019s \u201crodent-infested\u201d home. <\/p>\n<p>According to \u200dthe arrest\u2062 affidavit, Evansville\u2063 Police Department\u200b officers responded to a\u200c 9-1-1 call on September 13<sup>th<\/sup> when \u200dthe child\u2019s father, David Anthony Schonabaum, said\u200d that his six-month-old baby was found face down in his \u2064bassinet with wounds all over his face and body.<\/p>\n<p>David and his wife Angel \u200dSchonabaum reported that the baby boy had more than 50 bites on his forehead, \u200cright cheek, and nose. <\/p>\n<p>According to reports, \u200bthere was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-unveils-plan-to-stop-surge-in-tranq-dope-deaths\/\" title=\"White House reveals strategy to halt rise in 'Tranq Dope' fatalities.\">deep flesh wound<\/a> on the child\u2019s left ring finger\u2063 that exposed bone.\u2063 Bite marks ran down his \u2062right \u2064hand that stretched from his hand to his elbow.<\/p>\n<p>Police documents \u200calso stated that all four \u2064of the child\u2019s fingers and \u2064thumb on his right \u2062hand were \u201cmissing skin\u201d on top, revealing the fingertip bones, with the index and pinky fingers displaying the \u2063worst wounds.<\/p>\n<p>Hospital records that were released\u2064 to the press asserted that the infant suffered a \u201cnear fatal event.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The father of the child reportedly told \u2062authorities that their rat-infested house had already been professionally handled. He presented service records indicating \u2063that the residence was\u2064 treated numerous times, beginning \u2062in the \u200cspring of 2023. <\/p>\n<p>David also said that he lived in the home with his wife \u2063Angel and their three children. Delaina Thurman, Angel\u2019s \u2063sister, and her two children also lived in the home.<\/p>\n<p>Angel had reportedly checked herself into a mental health facility\u2064 on September 10<sup>th<\/sup> and she was released a day early on September 13<sup>th<\/sup>, due to the incident involving her son.<\/p>\n<p>According to the affidavits, the \u2062other\u2062 children had notified a \u200bteacher at school earlier this month that mice had bitten their toes while\u200d they slept, which prompted the Department of Child Safety\u200d (DCS) \u200dto visit the residence a\u2064 few days \u2063later.<\/p>\n<p>However, Thurman claimed to\u200c the DCS\u2062 official that the marks on her children\u2019s toes were caused by \u201cscratching on \u2064the \u2064bed frame.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Schonabaums also reportedly had two previous encounters with\u200c DCS.\u200b <\/p>\n<p>David and Angel were charged with \u200cmaltreatment back\u200c in December 2022 after their middle child was harmed due to \u201clack of care.\u201d Later, in June 2023, DCS validated an accusation \u2062of\u200b physical abuse against David by the same child, who was \u200d3-years-old at the time.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Police Sergeant Anna Gray told reporters that the baby had been\u200d released from the hospital and was placed in\u2062 foster care.<\/p>\n<p>David, who is currently facing\u2064 three counts of neglect of a dependent child violations, \u2064and his wife \u200dAngel, who\u200b is facing five, are currently being held\u2062 on a $10,000 bond. Thurman, the aunt, is being held on a $2,500 bond.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! \u2063Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h2>This Week in Review: Major Headlines<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>New Jersey Sen. Menendez is indicted \u2062for bribery while Joe Biden says he\u2019s been to every mass shooting.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Illegal immigration under President Biden\u2019s watch has only been growing since taking\u2062 office \u200dand its surging rapidly heading\u200c into 2024.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Reports show \u2063that the surge of migrants in Texas \u200cis coming with possible deadly health\u2063 consequences. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2062(Reuters) \u2013 \u200dThe United States\u200c argued on Tuesday \u2064that Alphabet Inc\u2019s Google broke the law in its efforts to dominate online\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) \u2064\u2013 ABB is spending $280 million on a\u2062 new \u2064robotics factory in Sweden, the Swiss engineering and\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>PARIS\u200b (Reuters) \u2013 French Europe Minister Laurence Boon on Wednesday welcomed an anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese electric vehicles launched \u2062by \u2062the \u200bEU\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Mathieu Rosemain and Silvia Aloisi PARIS (Reuters) \u2013 Apple said on Wednesday its iPhone 12 model\u200b was certified by multiple international\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What measures \u200dwill be implemented to improve child \u200dwelfare services, regulations,\u200b and \u200dpublic awareness to prevent similar \u2064cases of neglect and endangerment in the future<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Smith held \u200da press conference to address \u2062the shocking \u2064incident involving\u200b the\u200b infant found with over 50\u200b rat bites. This disturbing case has \u200bsparked \u2063outrage and concern \u200din the Evansville, Indiana community and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>The parents of the six-month-old baby, David Anthony Schonabaum and Angel Schonabaum, along with Angel&#8217;s sister, Delaina\u200b Thurman, have been charged in\u2064 connection with \u2062the child&#8217;s near-death experience. The child&#8217;s aunt, who also lived \u200cin the rat-infested home, is believed to have played a \u2062role in the neglect and\u2062 endangerment of the infant.<\/p>\n<p>According \u2062to \u2063the \u2062police affidavit, officers responded \u2064to a 9-1-1 \u200ccall on September\u200c 13th reporting a baby found face down in a bassinet with numerous wounds on \u2062its body. The infant had more than 50 bites on its forehead, right cheek, and nose, \u200band there was a deep flesh wound on the child&#8217;s\u2063 left ring \u200cfinger.<\/p>\n<p>Hospital\u2063 records indicate that the infant suffered a\u2062 &#8220;near \u2064fatal event&#8221; and required immediate medical attention. \u200dThe severity of \u200bthe injuries is \u2062deeply troubling and raises questions about the \u2062conditions in which the\u200c child was living.<\/p>\n<p>David Schonabaum claimed that\u2064 the rat-infested house had\u200c been professionally \u2062handled, with \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/parents-aunt-arrested-after-infant-almost-dies-from-over-50-rat-bites\/\" title=\"Infant's Life Threatened by Over 50 Rat Bites; Parents and Aunt Arrested\">service\u200d records indicating multiple treatments<\/a> since the spring\u2063 of 2023.\u200b However,\u2064 it is evident \u2063that these efforts\u2062 were \u2062insufficient to ensure the safety\u200b and well-being of the child.<\/p>\n<p>The involvement\u200c of the Department of\u200b Child\u2064 Safety (DCS) raises \u2062additional concerns.\u2064 The Schonabaums had \u2064previously encountered the DCS in December 2022 when\u200c their middle child was harmed due \u2062to a &#8220;lack of \u2062care.&#8221; In June 2023, David faced an accusation of physical \u2064abuse from\u200b the same child. These prior incidents highlight a pattern of neglect and abuse within the\u2062 family.<\/p>\n<p>Of particular concern\u2063 is the fact that the other children\u200c living in the rat-infested home also reported\u200c being bitten by mice while they slept. This information was brought to the attention of a\u2064 teacher, leading\u200d to \u2064a visit from the DCS. However, \u200dDelaina Thurman claimed that the marks on her\u2064 children&#8217;s \u2064toes were from scratching on\u200d the bed \u200bframe, attempting to dismiss the seriousness of \u200dthe situation.<\/p>\n<p>The neglect \u2062and endangerment \u200cof \u200bchildren\u200d is a grave offense that must be addressed swiftly and firmly. The well-being and safety of our youngest\u2062 and most vulnerable citizens should be a top priority for every member of society. It is essential that we ensure support systems are in place to identify and intervene in cases like this, preventing further harm \u2063to innocent children.<\/p>\n<p>The charges \u2064brought against the parents and aunt shed light on the\u200b urgent\u2064 need for improved \u2064child welfare services, stricter regulations, and increased public awareness. We\u2062 must come together\u200c as a community to protect \u200dour children and provide them with the care \u200dand love \u2063they deserve.<\/p>\n<p>As this case unfolds, we must keep \u2064the young victim in \u200bour thoughts and prayers, hoping for\u2063 a \u2063full recovery and a safe,\u200d nurturing environment as\u200b they \u200dcontinue their journey to heal\u2062 from this horrific ordeal. Let us also use this incident as an \u2062opportunity to reflect \u2064on our responsibilities\u200c as a society to protect and advocate for \u2063the well-being of all\u200c children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The parents and aunt of an infant in Indiana face charges after the child suffered nearly 50 rat bites while under their care. 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