They find a baby about to die eaten by rats in his house

Police in Evansville, Indiana, have found a six-month-old baby in very serious condition, surrounded by blood and with more than 50 rat bites all over his body, according to 14 News.

The agents, after receiving a call from the baby's father, David Shonabaum, warning that the minor was covered in blood, went to the family home.

When they located the child, they were able to observe that he had suffered rat bites on his forehead, nose, cheeks, thighs, fingers and feet, and on his right arm, from the elbow to the hand. He was also surrounded by feces from the aforementioned animal, along with piles of garbage and food remains.

The baby was taken to a nearby hospital, from where he was transferred to another in Indianapolis after it was detected that he had lost a lot of blood and had a fever.. Finally, last Friday he was discharged from the hospital.

According to the father's statements, both he and his wife, Angel Schonabaum, had been trying to put an end to the plague for months, without success.. The couple lived at home with the baby and their other son, aged three, as well as with the woman's sister and her two children, aged two and five.

The Department of Children's Services had already visited the family home on one occasion, on September 5 of this same year, when they were alerted by the children's school that they had suffered injuries to their feet because “a mouse had bitten them.” .

Now, the three adults have been charged with child neglect and have been booked into the Vanderburgh County Jail on bail of $10,000 in the case of the parents, and $2,500 in the case of the aunt.