A couple was arrested on a charge of child neglect resulting in death
after their little son who died in their home, ate feces for several
days, according to police in West Virginia.
Huntington police said that they have arrested 31-year-old Aaron Brendon
Miles and 22-year-old Mariya Ajena Jones, following the death of their
3-year-old son, who was not identified.
The two have been charged with child neglect resulting in death. They
were booked into jail, and bail was set at $1 million each.
Two other children, a 4-year-old girl and an 11-month-old boy, were
found in the house and handed over to Child Protective Services.
According to the police investigation, firefighters were called to the
home located in the 1800 block of 7th Avenue, on a report of a child in
cardiac arrest.
Firefighters who arrived at the scene, found the child lifeless and cold
to the touch. He was later pronounced dead at the Cabell Huntington
Hospital.
They noticed numerous injuries in various stages of healing on the body
of the child. The couple admitted to beating the child with a belt on
several occasions because he misbehaved.
Miles told investigators that the boy had been eating feces from the
toilet bowl for two days prior to his death. He also put his head in the
toilet and drank the water