BENTON, Louisiana (AP) -- A woman jailed after four of her infant daughter's toes were gnawed off says the family's pet ferret did it, not their pit bull pup as police had said.
But her husband blames the dog, a city official said.
"The way the bite marks were on her foot, the ferret being out of its cage, I knew it wasn't the dog," Mary Hansche told KTBS-TV on Tuesday.
The month-old girl was injured December 10 as Hansche, 22, and her husband, Christopher Hansche, 26, slept; they woke up when they heard her crying. (Watch the calls come in to rescue the puppy )
The parents were jailed on $50,000 bond each, charged with child desertion and criminal negligence.
The husband had blamed the dog and told police the ferret had been in its cage all night, Bossier City spokesman Mark Natale said Wednesday.
The charges wouldn't change regardless of which pet was involved, Natale said, because the baby "was injured by an animal while in the custody of the parents."
The girl has been released from the hospital and is in state custody.
Attorney Pam Smart said she is waiting for results of a hair analysis to back up the couple's statement that they were not using drugs, calling the case a "very unfortunate accident."
http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/12/20/pi....ap/index.html
I bet those parents were passed out not "asleep"..
That babe had to be cryinbg for a looooooooooooong time. ferret or puppy, doesn;t matter - it;s takes awhile for either to chew off an infants toes. 4 toes.
on second thought they better have been passed out 'cause if they were just letting that baby 'cry it out'..... OMG. damn people check on your kid.
This just in: photos of "parents" released:
Crackers strike again.
This reminds me of the time that the baby was killed/eaten by a pet rat in the family car (or was it ferret?) while the parents were "sleeping" in the front seat.
I guess a drug-induced slumber is deeper than your baby's screams.
There are some really sick and idiotic people in this world.
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