06-16-2011, 06:32 AM
the baby was home alone!! they KNEW the baby had been bitten by the ferret before! let them be chewed up by wild hogs!
MO.
A four-month-old boy has lost seven fingers after his parents' pet ferret gnawed them off while he was home alone.
Ryan R Waldo, 33, and Carrie R Waldo, 25, were charged today in Jackson County, Missouri with first-degree child endangerment.
They have not yet entered a plea.
Authorities found the baby with only two thumbs and part of a pinky finger after the ferret gnawed on his hand
Documents filed as part of the charges state that the Waldos told police they were asleep when the ferret attack occurred on January 10 in their home in Grain Valley.
The couple said they awoke to find the boy screaming and bloody and that Ryan Waldo threw the ferret against the dishwasher, killing it.
Records show the parents called 911 from inside the home at about 2:30am. Authorities found the baby with only two thumbs and part of a pinky finger.
The infant was taken to Children’s Mercy Hospital in critical condition., where seven fingers were amputated because they had been chewed down to the knuckles, the charges state.
Ryan R Waldo (L) and his wife Carrie R Waldo ® have been charged with felony child endangerment in connection with the January ferret attack
In March, investigators obtained cells phone records and used GPS technology to determine that the Waldos were exchanging text messages from various locations at the time of the ferret attack, when they had said they were at home.
The Waldos told investigators the ferret had never bitten anyone, but a person with a ferret rescue organisation told their landlord the couple wanted to give up the animal because it had bitten the infant twice, documents allege.
Court records also indicate two detectives serving a search warrant at the residence on the day of the incident discovered that the parents apparently had moved several items around in the residence, including the swing that the child had been sleeping in when the ferret had attacked, according to KansasCity.com.
The swing had reportedly been cleaned, and the ferret’s cage had been removed.
In May, the Missouri State Highway Patrol crime laboratory reported that the ferret’s stomach contents screened positive for human blood.
Ryan and Carrie Waldo face one felony count each of endangering the welfare of a child.
Their infant son and a sibling have been removed from the parents' custody while the case proceeds, according to Van Buckley, public information officer for the county prosecutor, Jean Peters Baker.
MO.
A four-month-old boy has lost seven fingers after his parents' pet ferret gnawed them off while he was home alone.
Ryan R Waldo, 33, and Carrie R Waldo, 25, were charged today in Jackson County, Missouri with first-degree child endangerment.
They have not yet entered a plea.
Authorities found the baby with only two thumbs and part of a pinky finger after the ferret gnawed on his hand
Documents filed as part of the charges state that the Waldos told police they were asleep when the ferret attack occurred on January 10 in their home in Grain Valley.
The couple said they awoke to find the boy screaming and bloody and that Ryan Waldo threw the ferret against the dishwasher, killing it.
Records show the parents called 911 from inside the home at about 2:30am. Authorities found the baby with only two thumbs and part of a pinky finger.
The infant was taken to Children’s Mercy Hospital in critical condition., where seven fingers were amputated because they had been chewed down to the knuckles, the charges state.
Ryan R Waldo (L) and his wife Carrie R Waldo ® have been charged with felony child endangerment in connection with the January ferret attack
In March, investigators obtained cells phone records and used GPS technology to determine that the Waldos were exchanging text messages from various locations at the time of the ferret attack, when they had said they were at home.
The Waldos told investigators the ferret had never bitten anyone, but a person with a ferret rescue organisation told their landlord the couple wanted to give up the animal because it had bitten the infant twice, documents allege.
Court records also indicate two detectives serving a search warrant at the residence on the day of the incident discovered that the parents apparently had moved several items around in the residence, including the swing that the child had been sleeping in when the ferret had attacked, according to KansasCity.com.
The swing had reportedly been cleaned, and the ferret’s cage had been removed.
In May, the Missouri State Highway Patrol crime laboratory reported that the ferret’s stomach contents screened positive for human blood.
Ryan and Carrie Waldo face one felony count each of endangering the welfare of a child.
Their infant son and a sibling have been removed from the parents' custody while the case proceeds, according to Van Buckley, public information officer for the county prosecutor, Jean Peters Baker.