bigbluebird Posted May 18, 2009 Report Share Posted May 18, 2009 http://www.kget.com/news/local/story/Blind-Bakersfield-boy-Daddy-ate-my-eyes/RK0Wdl1WTUCH5BlkgKlGuA.cspxPolice believe a Bakersfield man bit the eyeball out of his son's face and ate it, according to court documents. The 4-year-old's other eye was damaged beyond repair, reports said.The boy's missing eye could not be located, reports said, and he told a detective, ''Daddy ate my eyes.''Prosecutors have charged Angelo Vidal Mendoza Sr., 34, with mayhem, torture and child cruelty. He's being held in the downtown jail in lieu of $1 million bail.Neighbors called police on April 28 and reported they found the child naked and bleeding on the floor of the Mendoza home on Ohio Drive, near Highway 58 and Union Avenue. Police located the wheel-chair-bound Mendoza at a nearby house, where he had severely injured his own leg, witnesses said, by chopping at it with an ax. The boy had severe injuries to both eyes and hands, according to a police report. He told officers, ''Daddy bit my eyes and hands.''''It was determined Mendoza was the only person alone with his son during the time of the assault,'' the police report said.Hospital staff told detectives the boy's ''left eye and muscle was gone and missing.''His ''right eye was still in the socket but damaged beyond repair,'' the report said.The boy ''later made the statement, 'Daddy ate my eyes,''' the report said.http://www.bakersfield.com/news/local/x339729128/Bakersfield-dad-accused-of-biting-out-sons-eyeA Bakersfield father is accused of biting out one of the eyes of his small child and similarly mutilating the other eye, leaving the child blind. After attacking the child, 34-year-old Angel Vidal Mendoza Sr. quickly left his apartment in a wheelchair, entered a backyard of a nearby vacant home and attacked his own legs with an ax, severely injuring himself, Bakersfield police reported. The child, 4-year-old Angelo Mendoza Jr., later told police, "My daddy ate my eyes." Doctors at Mercy Hospital said it is unknown whether the child will regain vision in his right eye. Child Protective Services cannot discuss the case, CPS program director Brian Parnell said. But in cases of serious abuse, the child is taken into protective custody, he said. Some foster homes have specialized medical training, but more such people are needed, he said. The boy's mother, Desirae Marie Bermudez, 23, was not present during the incident. There is a $15,000 warrant for her arrest for failing to complete a drug treatment program in late 2008, court documents say. A search warrant report said the father "was displaying symptoms of being under the influence of PCP." Both he and Bermudez were charged with being under the influence of PCP in a 2006 criminal case. Both pleaded no contest to child endangerment charges in that case, records say. So why was the boy still living with the father? CPS officials say there has to pretty much be serious physical abuse -- major bruises or broken bones -- before a child is taken away from his parents automatically. In cases where parents are using drugs, CPS will definitely check on the child, Parnell said. But they won't necessarily remove the child. That all depends on the extent of the drug abuse or the availability of other care -- relatives or neighbors -- for the children, he said. The incident happened in the early evening of April 28 at the apartment the father and son share at 422 Ohio Drive near Terrace Way and Madison Street in southeast Bakersfield. Police and search warrant reports say: On the morning of April 28, Mendoza asked neighbor Elizabeth Rodriguez, 36, for a ride to a work-related appointment later in the day. At 6 p.m., she sent her 12-year-old son to get Mendoza. The boy said Mendoza opened his door slightly and looked nervous, but didn't let him in. Mendoza said he would be right out. But a few minutes later, Rodriguez saw Mendoza rolling his wheelchair quickly away. The 12-year-old boy and another neighbor went to Mendoza's apartment and discovered the child on the floor. Meanwhile, witnesses told police a man was yelling and screaming in a wheelchair from the backyard and hitting his legs with an ax. Mendoza, who remains in custody in lieu of $1 million bail, is charged with mayhem, torture, child cruelty and inflicting an injury to a child. He's scheduled for a May 20 hearing. His criminal history dates back to 1998 and includes convictions for drugs, battery, check forgery and a misdemeanor child endangerment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FocusDave01 Posted May 18, 2009 Report Share Posted May 18, 2009 nasty... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomcat0403 Posted May 18, 2009 Report Share Posted May 18, 2009 Let them kill this motherfucker very slowly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted May 18, 2009 Report Share Posted May 18, 2009 Wtf???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flounder Posted May 18, 2009 Report Share Posted May 18, 2009 Zombies.... And so it begins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max power Posted May 18, 2009 Report Share Posted May 18, 2009 Wow!!! Damn!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted May 18, 2009 Report Share Posted May 18, 2009 You can't make stuff like this up, you know. Stuff like this is all too real, too often.I'll go with the Zombie theory.... but there are some very scary PCP stories around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleCock Posted May 18, 2009 Report Share Posted May 18, 2009 jesus christ that is sick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVTPilot Posted May 18, 2009 Report Share Posted May 18, 2009 Give that SOB 20 years in the electric chair for that kind of shit. Unfreakingbelievable! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disclaimer Posted May 18, 2009 Report Share Posted May 18, 2009 Meh.j/k... that shit is gross and absurd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmo Posted May 18, 2009 Report Share Posted May 18, 2009 Give that SOB 20 years in the electric chair for that kind of shit. Unfreakingbelievable!]death by fire....what a psycho..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e-flores Posted May 18, 2009 Report Share Posted May 18, 2009 Someone deserves solitary confinement for the rest of their lives.... And by solitary confinement I mean he sits in a room by himself for the rest of his life usdually it last 5-7 days because of the lack of food and water but from the sound of things this guy could get desperate and eat his own flesh. Thus makin the suffering last another day or two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdruggan10r Posted May 18, 2009 Report Share Posted May 18, 2009 What the... !!!!!!!!The courts should not fail on this one. They probably will, but shouldn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V4junkie Posted May 18, 2009 Report Share Posted May 18, 2009 Might be a good time to reinstate "an eye for an eye". Dang, that kid is so messed up for life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DollFace Posted May 18, 2009 Report Share Posted May 18, 2009 I don't friggin get people. This world is going to hell in a handbasket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kawi kid Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 wow and i thought my dad was rough............. god damn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cdubyah Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 Yep, people are fucking crazy. Poor kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DudeAbides Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 I don't friggin get people. This world is going to hell in a handbasket.I disagree, the fact that information is so readily available and can travel so quickly may make it seem that way, but this is not an instance of the world going in any direction other than what it already is. Our "justice systems" eminent failure on delivering true justice in this case would be an instance of the world going to hell in a hand basket.As disturbing as this story may be there are much more gruesome stories from much earlier times in human history, you don't really think that all of the medical advances through the ages were do to research on willing subjects do you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrillo Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 Zombies.... And so it begins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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