Not only should they have known he could die, but they certainly had to know that even if he survived that being left bound like that in a blanket in a closet for 2 days is tantamount to the worst kind of torture I can think of. Physical pain, fear, seclusion, darkness, hunger, muscle cramps, no one to change his diaper when he soiled himself....it had to be terrifying beyond all measure... they at least knew he would experience those things for what would seem like an endless amount of time to a child causing emotional and mental harm and that he would most likely suffer some measure of physical harm from lack of food, water, and just from being bound that way. To me that is almost worse than death to leave him to suffer like that. People know better than to do this even to a pet much less a toddler. Why is this crime not a life sentence or DP crime? It certainly should be.
