US father given 16-year jail term for child neglect after rat attack on baby
Investigators said the infant suffered more than 50 rat bites and required treatment at an Indianapolis hospital.
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An Indiana man convicted of child neglect after a rat attack left his six-month-old son with disfiguring injuries has been sentenced to the maximum 16 years in prison.
A judge sentenced David Schonabaum, 32, after the Evansville man was convicted by a jury in September on three felony counts of neglect of a dependent.
Vanderburgh County Superior Court Judge Robert Pigman found no mitigating factors to reduce the sentence, the Evansville Courier & Press reported.
