"John" DAY - 9 yo - Lake Charles LA

LAKE CHARLES — A Lake Charles woman was charged with 25 counts of cruelty to
a juvenile after deputies found her 9-year-old stepson malnourished and
tied up in a room, authorities said.
Jaime B. Day, 27, was also charged with two counts of second-degree cruelty.
Judge David Ritchie set her bond at $5.5 million.Her
husband, Murry Dalton Day, 30, was charged with five counts of cruelty
and one count of second-degree cruelty. His bond was set at $2 million.
A warrant for his arrest was issued, and he turned himself in Tuesday.On
Feb. 19, someone called the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office to say
that the child was very thin and was being forced to stay in his
bedroom, said agency spokeswoman Kim Myers.Deputy Jason
Schnake found the boy tied to a door knob with a dog leash, Myers said.
He weighed about 38 pounds and was lying on a foam pallet atop a box
spring mattress covered in blood and human excrement, she said. He was
reportedly wearing a T-shirt, shorts and a diaper.The
child had bruises on his body and face and a second-degree burn mark on
his back, Myers said. He was reportedly in the hospital for 13 days,
suffering from hypothermia due to malnutrition.There were two other
children in the home 4 and 6-year-old boys, Myers said.Doctors
examined all three children and determined that the other boys hadn't
been abused, Myers said. All three were removed from the home.Myers
said that six years ago, the parental rights of the boy's biological
mother were terminated by the state Office of Community Services
because of physical abuse. Murry Day was given custody of the boy at
the time.Myers said more arrests are possible.
It wasn't immediately clear if the Days have an attorney.

According to District Attorney John DeRosier, the two counts of
second degree cruelty to a juvenile could carry up to 40-years each.
The 25 cruelty to a juvenile charges could carry up to ten years in
prison each. If convicted on all charges, Jaime Day could be sentenced
to 330-years in prison.
On February, 19 a deputy responding to a call of concern found
a thirty-eight pound 9-year old laying on a blood and urine stained
pallet. They said he had multiple bruises to his body and hypothermia
due to malnutrition. District Attorney John DeRosier said his office is
ready for the case.
"Certainly this is a very serious case. And, we take all child
neglect and molestation cases extremely serious in this office," said
DeRosier.
Murry Day, the boys father, is facing one count of second degree
cruelty to a juvenile, and five counts of cruelty to a juvenile. There
are many more charges against Jaime Day, the boys stepmother.
"It is not unlikely that she would be charged with all of those
counts. That certainly is a possibility," said DeRosier.
Several people, who know the family, have posted comments of support
for Jaime, on a local TV Station Facebook page. Some said the boy already had severe
mental issues. Jaime Day's attorney, Walter Sanchez, declined to
comment.