A 5-year-old boy whose cranium was fractured when his mom’s live-in boyfriend struck him with a mop deal with, breaking it in half, has been overwhelmed, uncared for, and tortured repeatedly, the Volusia Sheriff’s Workplace introduced Saturday.
Investigators found video surveillance from contained in the DeLand-area house revealing the kid as soon as had his fingers tied behind his again for greater than 19 hours. Medical doctors analyzing him discovered, along with the cranium fracture, 46 seen accidents in addition to inside accidents, Volusia County Sheriff’s spokesman Andrew Gant stated in a information launch.
There have been three youngsters within the house.
“The torture these youngsters endured is tough to think about. The excellent news is that they’re in protected fingers now, and their scumbag abusers should reply for what they did,” Sheriff Mike Chitwood wrote in a Fb submit Saturday.
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The boyfriend, Shawn M. Stone, 32, has been in custody since Might 9. Along with one rely of aggravated little one abuse, he was charged on Friday with 23 different abuse-and-neglect-related counts.
In the meantime, the mom, Taylor B. Schaefer, 28, is dealing with 25 expenses after investigators stated she repeatedly witnessed abuse and did not cease or report it. She has but to be situated by authorities, Gant stated.
Schaefer known as 911 after the mop deal with incident, saying she had a “intestine feeling” that Stone was abusing the sufferer, then checked the video footage and confirmed it.
However investigators who watched hours of video discovered that she had been current in the home when the 5-year-old was being overwhelmed, Gant stated, whereas the mom additionally noticed the boy visibly injured and limping, however didn’t present medical consideration.
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“On the day that Schaefer did report the abuse, video confirmed her mopping up the realm the place the sufferer was overwhelmed with the mop deal with,” Gant stated.
The 5-year-old boy had been repeatedly certain for hours at a time. In a single occasion, his fingers had been tied behind his again at 6:43 p.m. one evening, and left that approach till 2:02 p.m. the next afternoon.
The sufferer had additionally been tied up and positioned in a canine cage, Gant stated, including {that a} widespread type of punishment for him was meals deprivation.
“One other little one within the house was compelled to drink boiling water, sprayed with boiling water, and overwhelmed with a number of family objects,” Gant stated. “That little one additionally witnessed the brutal abuse inflicted on the youthful sufferer.”
A 3rd little one sufferer in the home was not receiving the right diet or look after a severe medical situation, and was additionally witnessing the fixed abuse, Gant stated.
Investigators’ video proof is backed up with textual content messages and witness interviews, Gant stated.
All three youngsters had been faraway from the house and positioned in a “protected setting” on Might 9, Gant stated.
Chitwood shared a Go-Fund-Me web page to assist the adults who at the moment are caring for the kids.
This text initially appeared on The Daytona Seaside Information-Journal: DeLand-area couple dealing with dozens of kid abuse, neglect expenses
