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Newborn Girl Found With About 100 Rodent Bites Undergoes Facial Reconstruction Surgery
Emergency room nurse told investigators that the 15-day-old baby girl suffered bite wounds on her arms, fingers, hands and face. The baby had a one-inch wound on her forehead so deep that her skull was visible.
Charles Elliott, 18, and Erica Shyrock, 19, each face a charge of endangering the welfare of a minor.
Elliott’s mother, the child’s grandmother, said he told her a mouse bit the baby and that he was worried about losing custody. Elliott’s mother allegedly told him he should take the girl to a hospital anyway.
Investigators then spoke with Shyrock, who said she woke up to the baby screaming on Sunday morning and found her covered in blood. Elliott gave a similar statement, adding that when he went to clean up the blood, he saw rat footprints in the crib.
A doctor at Arkansas Children’s Hospital said the baby girl suffered severe skin deconstruction “from rat feeding,” and that it would have taken hours for the injuries to occur. The doctor concluded that the parents were either incapacitated or not present when the rodent or rodents continuously bit the girl.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4515028/Parents-arrested-baby-covered-100-rat-bites.html
http://ktla.com/2017/05/17/newborn-found-with-about-100-rodent-bites-arkansas-parents-arrested/
Emergency room nurse told investigators that the 15-day-old baby girl suffered bite wounds on her arms, fingers, hands and face. The baby had a one-inch wound on her forehead so deep that her skull was visible.
Charles Elliott, 18, and Erica Shyrock, 19, each face a charge of endangering the welfare of a minor.
Elliott’s mother, the child’s grandmother, said he told her a mouse bit the baby and that he was worried about losing custody. Elliott’s mother allegedly told him he should take the girl to a hospital anyway.
Investigators then spoke with Shyrock, who said she woke up to the baby screaming on Sunday morning and found her covered in blood. Elliott gave a similar statement, adding that when he went to clean up the blood, he saw rat footprints in the crib.
A doctor at Arkansas Children’s Hospital said the baby girl suffered severe skin deconstruction “from rat feeding,” and that it would have taken hours for the injuries to occur. The doctor concluded that the parents were either incapacitated or not present when the rodent or rodents continuously bit the girl.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4515028/Parents-arrested-baby-covered-100-rat-bites.html
http://ktla.com/2017/05/17/newborn-found-with-about-100-rodent-bites-arkansas-parents-arrested/