Man scalds 20 month old son and the son loses all of his toes

**jabr0507** · December 11th, 2009, 10:02 AM

A man accused of scalding his 20-month-old son so badly that all of the child's toes had to be amputated has been charged with two counts of heinous battery to a child.

According to Kane County prosecutors, Barnes scalded the child on Aug. 15 while the child was at Barnes' home. The child suffered third-degree burns from the waist down, and the burns forced doctors to amputate the child's toes, Assistant State's Atty. Lori Schmidt said at Wednesday's bond hearing.

Prosecutors did not disclose additional details surrounding the incident.

After several months of investigation by the Kane County Child Advocacy Center, Barnes was indicted Dec. 1 and taken into custody. He has remained since then in the county jail in lieu of $500,000 bail.

Other county court documents state that Barnes and the child's mother previously lived together, and they have a 3-year-old daughter. The mother, who lives with the children in Batavia, sought an order of protection against Barnes in 2008, alleging several incidents of violent, abusive behavior.

Barnes had a custody arrangement that allowed him to spend weekends with the son, court records show.

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2...sons-toes.html

**Pennie** · December 11th, 2009, 10:07 AM

What is wrong with these people? Poor baby. My son who is about that age is next to me playing and I just can not imagine anyone doing that to my child.

They need to dip this guy in boiling water head first.

**backlash** · December 11th, 2009, 10:20 AM

For your viewing pleasure, Douchebag Extraordinaire...Jason Barnes (Don't throw shit at him, you'll just break your computer screen)

**koochie** · December 11th, 2009, 01:09 PM

who does this! how painful that must have been...my GOD i hate this why are people so cruel?>>>>>>>

**lundwall1** · December 11th, 2009, 01:52 PM

OMG what a POS! It hurts like hell when i get a little burn, like a small splatter from a stove - but dipped into water so hot this poor baby loses his toes!? This man needs to lose his toes - and anything else hanging off of him....

**LestYeBeJudged** · December 11th, 2009, 01:58 PM

Originally Posted by lundwall1

OMG what a POS! It hurts like hell when i get a little burn, like a small splatter from a stove - but dipped into water so hot this poor baby loses his toes!? This man needs to lose his toes - and anything else hanging off of him....

Everything from the waist down seems fair.

**TheMeaningOfItAll** · December 11th, 2009, 02:12 PM

I can't imagine the pain that poor baby had to endure. There isn't punishment harsh enough for these types of people. He'll probably get a slap on the wrist and be out in a couple of years.

Poor child.

**donegaveup** · December 11th, 2009, 03:32 PM

There is nothing I like more than to soak in a real hot bath, so from time to time I have stuck my big, flat feet into way too hot water. Every time this happens I think of these horrible stories about kids being burned by water. I can not imagine putting a kid in hot water like that. The pain those kids have to endure. It gives me the chills. I'm in there mere seconds at most and my skin burns and tingles like hell, and it's just my feet. I've never had any real injuries just discomfort which doesn't even last long but still it's enough for me to grasp how horrible it has to be for these poor kids. To use hot water against a child is so inhuman and in my opinion only a fucking ghoul could do such a thing. Sometimes one of my cats will come and try to sit on the side of the tub and I always have to shoo them away. I can only imagine what damage that hot water would do them one of them if they happened to fall in.