Two teenage parents were arrested Sunday after their newborn child was taken to a local hospital with “excessive rodent bites to its body,” police said.
Erica Shryock, 19, and Charles Elliot, 18, both of Magnolia, face a first-degree charge of endangering the welfare of a minor, according to a Magnolia Police Department news release.
Police were called after Shryock and Elliot’s child, who had been bitten by rodents, was brought to the Magnolia Regional Medical Center, the release said. Authorities said the house in which the child was living was infested with rodents.
Because of the severity of the bites, the baby was transported to another hospital, according to the release.
Shryock and Elliot are being held in the Columbia County jail without bail, according to online records.
