9-Year-Old Boy Found Dead Sitting Up In Spider-Filled House Of Horrors

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This is without doubt one of the most annoying circumstances we’ve ever heard…

An Arizona father is going through murder prices after his son was found lifeless in a completely disgusting home, per authorized docs obtained by KOLD reporter Mary Coleman. In line with data Joseph Gregory Antonsen, 38, was charged with one rely every of little one abuse and negligent murder after his 9-year-old boy was discovered lifeless — surrounded by spiders and filth.

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Per a July 14 press launch from the Pima County Sheriff’s Division, officers responded to a residence within the Tucson Mountain District the place they discovered the younger boy already deceased on the sofa. Possible trigger docs mentioned the responding officers discovered him “in a sitting place” and “within the means of decomposition”. Extra disturbing particulars in regards to the dwelling revealed simply how nasty it was — together with the actual fact there was no working water or working bathroom:

“A lot of empty beer cans, giant piles of dirty diapers, rotten meals, giant quantities of 1 gallon bottles filled with what look like urine … a number of insect exercise … black widows and brown recluse [spiders, and] spiderwebs in all places all through the partitions of the house.”

Terrible! The thought this poor little one lived and died in such a state…

Per the paperwork, Antonsen claimed his son fell in poor health on July 12 and he was planning to take him to a physician — however then the boy began “shuttering and going limp” after which stopped respiration. Antonsen mentioned after that he couldn’t discover a pulse — however as a substitute of calling 911, doing something to attempt to save his son, he allegedly left the home for 2 days. Horrible, simply horrible. How may a mum or dad do that to their little one?

He “declined” to talk with deputies additional about it. Antonsen was arrested and placed on a $500,000 bail. Within the docs, responding regulation enforcement mentioned:

“Based mostly on the deplorable circumstances of the house and Joseph failing to supply medical assist or calling 911 for [the child], possible trigger exists to cost Joseph Antonsen for Youngster Abuse and Negligent Murder.”

A neighbor spoke with the native outlet through which they described the boy as “actually cute”:

“He was a extremely pleasant child. He was very well mannered. He was loads friendlier than his dad.”

Heartbreaking. Might the toddler relaxation in peace.

You probably have honest trigger to suspect little one abuse, name the Childhelp Nationwide Youngster Abuse Hotline at 1-800-4-A-Youngster or 1-800-422-4453, or go to www.childhelp.org.

[Image via Pima County Sheriff’s Department]