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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.
Vanderburgh County Superior Court Judge Robert Pigman found no
mitigating factors to reduce the sentence, the Evansville
Courier & Press reported.
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.
Evansville police arrested Schonabaum and his wife, Angel
Schonabaum, in September 2023 after David Schonabaum called 911
to report that his 6-month-old son had been severely injured by
rats inside their residence, according to a probable cause
affidavit.
The Indiana Department of Child Services had previously inquired
about conditions in the home.
Investigators said the infant suffered more than 50 rat bites
and required treatment at an Indianapolis hospital.
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. Her
sentencing is set for Oct. 24.
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