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In a horrifying story, law enforcement authorities arrested a South Carolina couple after discovering two infant children with bite marks from field rats.
According to WSPA, a six-month-old girl remains hospitalized after deputies found the child in her cradle covered with bite marks.
South Carolina couple allowed infant twins to be ‘eaten’ by ‘large rats’: report https://t.co/FXKgshkG89 pic.twitter.com/mgoNpPmFS3
— New York Post (@nypost) May 13, 2025
WSPA reports:
Officials said the mother called 911 after finding blood covering the infant and her bassinet. Bite marks, deputies said, were on the child’s arms, the back of her head, ears and face.
The child was taken to Greenville Memorial Hospital for her injuries; her condition is unknown at this time.
After investigators interviewed the parents, they learned that the baby’s twin brother had bite marks on his feet.
The parents said the rats have been an ongoing issue in their home for the last few months, but still continued to let their children live in the home.
Deputies charged 24-year-old parents Akayla Bearden and Justin Bearden with two counts of unlawful conduct toward a child.
The Department of Social Services currently have custody of the Beardens’ three children.
Parents arrested after baby partially eaten by rat, deputies say https://t.co/c4WMIubzDN pic.twitter.com/mq9zN4swJp
— WFLA NEWS (@WFLA) May 14, 2025
From the New York Post:
Each parent was charged with two counts of unlawful conduct towards a child and have been barred from contact with their children unless ordered by DDS, Fox Carolina reported.
On Tuesday, each parent was granted bond and is set to return to court on July 31, Fox reported.
An Indiana father in a similar case — whose infant son was left permanently disfigured and nearly died of blood loss after rats bit him over 50 times — was sentenced to decades behind bars in October.
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