9-Year-Old Boy Found Dead Sitting Up In Spider-Filled House Of Horrors

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[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] This is one of the most disturbing cases we’ve ever heard… An Arizona father is facing homicide charges after his son was discovered dead in an absolutely disgusting house, per legal docs obtained by KOLD reporter Mary Coleman.

According to records Joseph Gregory Antonsen, 38, was charged with one count each of child abuse and negligent homicide after his 9-year-old boy was found dead — surrounded by spiders and filth. Related: Arizona Dad Charged With Murder After KNOWINGLY Leaving Daughter In Hot Car Per a July 14 press release from the Pima County Sheriff’s Department, officers responded to a residence in the Tucson Mountain District where they found the young boy already deceased on the couch.

Probable cause docs said the responding officers found him “in a sitting position” and “in the process of decomposition”. More disturbing details about the home revealed just how nasty it was — including the fact there was no running water or working toilet: Awful!

The idea this poor child lived and died in such a state… Per the documents, Antonsen claimed his son fell ill on July 12 and he was planning to take him to a doctor — but then the boy started “shuttering and going limp” and then stopped breathing.