Ohio authorities found a dead cockroach inside the breathing tube of a 4-year-old cystic fibrosis child
Wayne Cunard, 46, and his wife Christian, 42, appeared in an Akron, Ohio court Monday and pled guilty to child endangerment. They had been accused of not regularly feeding the children, tying them to chairs with rope and leaving them alone. The five children ranged in age from one to 15 and are now in foster care.
Summit County Children's Services notified Akron police last September of the conditions in the Cunard’s home. As well as seeing the children underweight, they found a dead cockroach inside the breathing tube of a 4-year-old boy who suffered from cystic fibrosis.
In court, Christian blamed it all on her husband because he did not provide enough money to feed the five children. She said she wanted to leave Wayne but did not have the money to do so. She professed her love for the children.
Judge Amy Corrigal Jones was not impressed. Instead she got pissed off when Christian blamed Wayne. “Your conduct is appalling,” Judge Jones told Christian. “Your conduct as a mother is despicable and you stand here today and blame your choices on someone else.”
Christian was sentenced to three years in prison while Wayne received a one-year sentence.
Christian Cunard previously lost custody of her children in 2007, but three years later an appeals court reversed that ruling. Because they were convicted of child endangerment, the Cunards will not be able to regain custody of the children.
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