After a three year old was found imprisoned in a room crawling with insects and reeking of feces, a couple faces charges of cruelty to children and contributing to the delinquency of minors. Continue reading after the jump.
Officers had to bash down the door last Monday to free the child. They found him ‘living in filth,’ stuck in a dirty diaper and with acute rash, according to police reports.
Officers arrested Cindy Marie Cantu, 24 at Wellstone Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Georgia later that night.
She was reportedly receiving treatment for injuries sustained in a fight from her boyfriend, 23-year-old Kyle Erwin Skinner.
Skinner was arrested the following day. The couple face charges of cruelty to children and contributing to the delinquency of minors.
Warrants obtained by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution show the couple’s northern Atlanta home to be a place of squalor.
‘The condition of the home presented hazards such as insects, faecal matter, rotting food, soiled diapers, standing water in the shower, and general unclean conditions of the home,’ the warrants read.
Cantu and Skinner spent Friday night in the Cobb County Jail with a $15,000 bond for Cantu and $25,000 for Skinner. It was unclear if either has an attorney.
Skinner faces additional charges of battery and assault.
His arrest warrant states that he pushed Cantu – who is pregnant – to the ground and hit her several times.
Skinner has had several recent brushes with the law, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution notes. This is his third arrest in the last month.
According to a previous arrest warrant, he was cited October 26 for driving with a suspended license, failure to maintain his lane, and for possessing Alprazolam pills, which treat anxiety disorders and panic attacks.
A citation from November 5 shows that Skinner was again arrested for driving with a suspended license.
