Starved toddler died of neglect after eating diapers, drywall in filthy room, as parents' room was kept clean

An Indiana mates was arrested aft their malnourished toddler died successful deplorable surviving conditions, with investigators alleging the kid had eaten pieces of diapers and drywall earlier his decease and that the parents waited astir 14 hours aft past seeing him live to telephone 911, according to constabulary and tribunal records.

Trevor Reichard-Hayes, 39, and Katherine Carter, 31, are facing execution and neglect charges successful transportation with the decease of 2-year-old Erik Reichard, the Tell City Police Department said successful a property release.

Officers recovered the kid dormant astatine astir 1:20 p.m. connected March 31 aft Reichard-Hayes called 911 to study that his woman recovered their lad not breathing. The mates reportedly told constabulary that the past clip they saw their lad live was astir 11 p.m. the time before.

Responding officers and medics who arrived a abbreviated clip aboriginal performed CPR connected the 2-year-old, but the kid was pronounced dormant astatine the scene.

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Trevor Reichard-Hayes, 39, and Katherine Carter, 31, are facing execution and neglect charges. (Tell City Police Department)

"I could archer based connected my grooming and acquisition that the kid had been deceased for respective hours. The kid was bluish and pale," a detective wrote successful the probable origin affidavit against his parents, according to PEOPLE.

The lad was "extremely skinny" and covered with dozens of sores oregon bug bites, the detective added. Erik besides weighed conscionable 15 pounds, astir fractional of what a kid his property should beryllium weigh.

Carter told constabulary that Erik had been eating his diapers, and the detective "suspected the kid had been eating his diapers owed to hunger," the affidavit reads.

Investigators recovered that the home, which besides housed 2 different children, was successful horrible condition. The different children were removed from the home, including 1 who was hospitalized for terrible malnutrition and dehydration.

The mates waited much than 14 hours to study that their kid was unresponsive. (Tell City Police Department)

The detective said helium observed "poor surviving conditions that included feces connected the level successful the 2 children’s rooms arsenic good arsenic an abundance of drywall and overgarment chips, dirt, and pieces of diapers [lying] everyplace arsenic good arsenic insects/bugs successful the home."

In 1 bedroom, officers recovered a tiny child's bed, pieces of diaper and drywall debris each implicit the level and a grooming toilet afloat of feces and urine "that appeared ... hadn’t been cleaned successful days oregon possibly weeks," according to the affidavit.

But contempt the children's bedrooms being successful deplorable condition, the parents were surviving successful a cleanable and well-kept bedroom.

The affidavit said the pair's chamber had "nice bedding, the furniture was made, determination was nary utmost clutter, and it was clean, dissimilar the remainder of the home."

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A detective said the kid was "extremely skinny" and covered with dozens of sores oregon bug bites. (Tell City Police Department)

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An autopsy showed that the boy's colon contained "foreign worldly with a gel-like substance and tiny achromatic pieces. These findings were accordant with the gel recovered successful the diapers worn by [Erik] arsenic good arsenic the worldly of the diaper itself. Some of the achromatic worldly removed from the colon was besides accordant with the drywall, overgarment chips, oregon spackling," according to PEOPLE.

Erik's origin of decease was determined to beryllium terrible malnourishment and terrible dehydration arsenic a effect of neglect, according to the affidavit.