AZ - Man Arrested After His 9-Year-Old Son's Body Is Found Decomposing on Couch Picture Rocks (Pima County) 14 July 2024

[tlcya]

According to the Arizona Republic, AZ Family and KVOA, which cite a police news release, Joseph Gregory Antonsen was arrested following the discovery of his 9-year-old boy at the family’s home in the Picture Rocks area on Sunday, July 14.

Online jail records show the 38-year-old is being held on a bond of $500,000 and is facing charges of child abuse and negligent homicide.
Ariz. Man Arrested After His 9-Year-Old Son's Body Is Found Decomposing on Couch: Police

The PCSD said the home was cluttered with piles of garbage around and near the couch. There were “empty beer cans, large piles of soiled diapers, rotten food, bottles full of what appears to be urine, lots of insect activity and spiders (black widow and brown recluse).”

There were also spiderwebs everywhere, according to the interim complaint, and the home had no running water or working toilets.
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“His son was really cute. He was a really friendly kid who had a lot off ... I’m sorry,” the neighbor said. “He was very polite. He was a lot friendlier than his dad”

The news of the boy’s death came as a shock to the neighbor, who said she had to break the news to her daughter.

“She would always be so excited to run across and go hang out with them,” the woman said of her daughter. “It would take me like hours to be like, ‘You guys need to come inside now.’”
Pima County man arrested after son’s body found decomposing on couch

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Authorities further said there was “no running water or working toilets” at the residence and that the victim was found dead and decomposing while on a couch “in a sitting position.”

“Joseph also stated that he was going to take him to get medically checked and on that day he went to turn on his vehicle and then went back inside the house to a put a shirt on,” documents said. “He noticed that his son was ‘shuttering and going limp,’ he stated that after that he could not find a pulse and stated he was not breathing.”

The defendant admitted that he “should have called somebody,” but didn’t make additional remarks when detectives tried to question him, authorities alleged.

“Based on the deplorable conditions of the home and Joseph failing to provide medical aid or calling 911 for [redacted], probable cause exists […] for Child Abuse and Negligent Homicide,” deputies concluded, regarding the defendant a flight risk since he’s “solely dependent” upon his Panama-based parents.

While the boy has not been identified by the sheriff’s department, Pima County records of the recently deceased show the name Theodore Antonsen, and say that he was 4’5″ and weighed 41 pounds

Boy, 9, found sitting upright and decomposing on couch in home filled with spiders: Deputies

A father is under arrest after his 9-year-old son's decomposing remains were allegedly found on a couch inside a home filled with garbage, "soiled diapers," "one gallon bottles" of urine, and spiders.

lawandcrime.com

 

[CHEL]

Reminds me of Lacey Fletcher. Awful.

 

[Clearsky]

Father arrested after 9-year-old son found decomposing in home outside Tucson

Joseph Antonsen told officials that his son had become ill, stopped breathing and was without a pulse, but he did not get the boy medical help.

www.azcentral.com

Police said Joseph Antonsen, 38, faced charges of negligent homicide and child abuse after his son was found dead inside the family's residence near Sandario and Picture Rocks roads, about 30 minutes west of Tucson.

 

[tlcya]

AZ - Man Arrested After His 9-Year-Old Son's Body Is Found Decomposing on Couch Picture Rocks (Pima County) 14 July 2024

 

[MissMalowe]

He was having a medical event, I considered putting on a shirt, getting in my car to transport him somewhere but then I just left him sitting up on the couch. Then he died, so again, I just left him on the couch to decompose while I went about my usual business.

Throw the book at this guy!

 

[moonriverfarm]

Why was this man arrested so quickly but Lacey Fletcher's parents dawdled around while the police sucked their thumbs?

 

[callmehenry]

What is the world coming to. That poor little boy